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Russia Launches Massive Drone-Missile Barrage on Ukraine as Geneva Talks Begin

Kyiv says the overnight attack was calculated to cripple the power grid and rail lines.

Overview

  • Ukraine’s Air Force reported neutralizing 25 missiles and 367 drones from nearly 400 drones and 29 missiles launched, while four ballistic missiles and 18 drones struck 13 locations.
  • Officials said 12 regions were targeted, with Odesa suffering major power and heating outages and rail infrastructure damaged in several oblasts as repairs and restoration continued.
  • Civilian casualties were reported across multiple regions, including three energy workers killed by an FPV drone near the Sloviansk power plant and additional injuries in frontline areas.
  • Ukraine’s military said it struck Russia’s Ilsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai, and Special Operations Forces reported hits on an Iskander storage site in occupied Crimea and a Rubikon drone-control node in Zaporizhzhia.
  • Intense ground fighting persisted with more than 200 daily clashes recently and the heaviest activity around Pokrovsk and Huliaipole, according to Ukraine’s General Staff.