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Russia Launches Massive Drone-and-Missile Barrage on Ukraine’s Energy Network

Ukraine says air defenses downed most incoming weapons, underscoring an intensified campaign against its power grid.

Overview

  • Ukraine’s air force reported roughly 297 drones and 50 missiles were launched overnight, with 274 drones and 33 missiles intercepted as strikes also hit residential areas and rail infrastructure.
  • At least one person was killed and more than a dozen were wounded in the Kyiv region, where rescuers pulled people from rubble after blasts damaged homes across five districts.
  • Ukrenergo instituted emergency power outages in multiple regions, and officials said Odesa’s energy facilities caught fire after drone hits before crews extinguished the blazes.
  • A separate explosion in central Lviv killed a 23-year-old policewoman and injured about two dozen people, and authorities detained a Ukrainian suspect while describing the incident as a terrorist act.
  • Poland scrambled allied fighter jets after detecting Russian long‑range aviation conducting strikes, while Russia said its defenses downed dozens of Ukrainian drones over Russian territory and Crimea.