Overview
- Ukraine said Russia launched 242 drones and 36 missiles, while Moscow confirmed using the Oreshnik intermediate-range system.
- At least four people were killed in Kyiv and dozens injured, including emergency workers, according to city authorities.
- The assault crippled energy infrastructure, leaving about half of Kyiv’s residential buildings without heat and some 417,000 homes without power, prompting the mayor to urge temporary departures.
- A ballistic strike hit critical facilities in Lviv region near the EU and NATO border, with Ukrainian forces tracking a projectile traveling around 13,000 km/h.
- Moscow framed the operation as retaliation for a claimed drone attack on a Putin residence, a justification denied by Ukraine and rejected by the United States, while leaders of the UK, Germany and France condemned the strike.