Overview
- Ukraine reports roughly 400 drones and 29 missiles launched hours before U.S.-mediated peace talks in Geneva, with most intercepted but 13 targets struck across 12 regions and three energy workers killed.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemns the assault and reports nine people injured, including children, as authorities describe the attack as designed to inflict maximum damage on the grid.
- Energy firm DTEK says infrastructure supplying Odesa was damaged and warns repairs will take a long time, while officials report a Russian UAV hit a vehicle carrying employees of the Sloviansk thermal power plant.
- The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission tallies at least 15,172 people killed, including 766 children, and 41,378 injured in Ukraine since February 2022.
- UN monitors record a 31% rise in civilian casualties in 2025 versus 2024, with long-range weapons causing 35% of 2025 fatalities and short-range drone casualties up 121%, alongside damage that left over 1,100 multi‑storey buildings in Kyiv without central heating for the winter.