Overview
- A near‑nationwide power outage struck Ukraine, cutting electricity in Kyiv and numerous regions, halting metro service and water supplies in major cities, with Chernihiv reported fully without power.
- Energy minister Denys Shmyhal said simultaneous disconnections on key cross‑border and domestic lines triggered protective shutdowns and reduced output at nuclear plants; the IAEA noted no impact on nuclear safety as Chernobyl briefly lost power.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces captured Torietskoe in Donetsk and Petrovka in Zaporizhzhia and claimed roughly 1,205 Ukrainian casualties over the past day, figures that could not be independently verified.
- The ministry reported air defenses downed 24 Ukrainian fixed‑wing drones over Kursk, Belgorod, Bryansk and Lipetsk regions during the day.
- Russian officials said a separate outage in Murmansk was traced to a damaged shield wire and power was restored, and investigators toughened charges against four truck drivers in a case alleging SBU‑linked drone transport for strikes on airbases.