Overview
- Ukraine’s grid operator said consumers in seven regions lost power after the night attacks, and it urged people to run heavy appliances at midday to ease the load.
- Following Thursday night’s mass attack, air defenses reported shooting down 147 drones, though a ballistic missile and several strike drones hit targets in multiple locations.
- Kyiv police recovered a Russian Geran-2 attack drone from the Dnipro River and transported it for controlled demolition after explosives teams made it safe.
- Romania’s defense ministry said a Russian drone briefly entered its airspace, with radar contact lost 16 kilometers southeast of Kiliya-Veke over uninhabited land.
- Ukraine’s General Staff said recent strikes destroyed or damaged Russian military sites, including Nebo-M and Podlyot radar stations, command and drone-control nodes, logistics hubs, and a storage site for assault boats in occupied Crimea and inside Russia.