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Ukraine Intercepts Majority of 700-Plus Drones and Missiles in Overnight Russian Barrage

Officials describe a multi‑vector strike on energy and housing that prompted cross‑border security responses.

Overview

  • Radar tracked 705 incoming threats — 52 missiles, including nine ballistic, and 653 UAVs — with air defenses neutralizing 623 targets, among them 592 drones and 31 missiles.
  • Authorities report civilian deaths and dozens of injuries, including children, with a seven‑year‑old girl dying in Vinnytsia and additional damage recorded in Kyiv region and at a Sumy fuel station.
  • Energy officials say more than 670 communities lost power across Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions, as repair crews work to restore electricity and water services.
  • Ukraine’s General Staff logged 172 ground engagements in the past day, 55 near Pokrovsk, while Commander‑in‑Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi rejected claims of Ukrainian forces being encircled in Pokrovsk or Kupiansk.
  • Security developments included SBU detentions of a British ex‑instructor in Kyiv and an alleged FSB agent in Kharkiv, Lithuania’s temporary closure of remaining Belarus border crossings with a sanctions push to the EU, and Polish jets scrambled to safeguard airspace.