Russian Barrage Batters Ukraine’s Power Grid as Ukrainian Drones Hit Sites Inside Russia

Overview

• Ukraine reported 24 ballistic missiles, one cruise missile and 219 drones launched overnight, with air defenses downing or neutralizing 16 missiles and 197 drones.
• Kyiv lost heating in about 3,500 residential buildings and two people were wounded, while energy firm DTEK said more than 100,000 families lost power and one of its thermal plants was targeted.
• Odesa authorities said power cuts left nearly 300,000 people without water and about 200 buildings without heat, and reported a market fire and one injury after strikes damaged city sites.
• In Dnipro, a combined missile and drone attack injured four people, including a baby and a four-year-old girl, and prosecutors said two were killed and six wounded at the Lozova rail junction in Kharkiv region.
• Inside Russia, Volgograd’s governor said a repelled missile left debris that ignited a fire at a Defense Ministry facility near Kotluban and triggered evacuations with no casualties, while Tambov reported a drone-caused fire and student relocations and Komi confirmed a Lukoil refinery fire with no injuries.