Overview
- Ukrainian officials say Russia fired 29 missiles and about 480 attack drones overnight, targeting energy facilities and rail infrastructure across multiple regions including Kyiv, Odesa, Khmelnytskyi, Chernivtsi and Zhytomyr.
- At least seven people were killed when a ballistic missile destroyed part of a five‑storey residential building in Kharkiv, with rescuers searching for more victims and children among the wounded.
- Ukraine’s Air Force reports downing 19 missiles and 453 drones, noting additional impacts from nine missiles and 26 drones at 22 locations as damage assessments continue.
- Ukraine says it struck a Shahed drone storage and launch site near Donetsk Airport with ATACMS and SCALP missiles and earlier hit an Iskander missile concentration area in Crimea and a Ka‑27 helicopter; results are being verified.
- Frontline fighting remained intense with the General Staff logging 148 clashes over the past day, with heaviest pressure reported in the Pokrovsk, Kostiantynivka and Huliaipole sectors, while Poland scrambled jets during the overnight raids.