"According to Ukraine's air force, Russia launched 24 ballistic missiles, one cruise missile, and 219 drones overnight. Air defenses downed or neutralized 16 missiles and 197 drones. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on X that "the main target of the strike was the energy infrastructure in Kyiv, Odesa, and Dnipro." "There is damage in Kharkiv, Donetsk, Kyiv, and Kherson regions," he added."
"In Kyiv alone, around 3,500 apartment buildings were without heat on Thursday after the latest attack knocked out supplies to nearly 2,600 high-rises, in addition to those already affected by previous strikes, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko. Two people were injured in the attack on Kyiv, which also hit a residential building, Klitschko said. Nearly 300,000 people were left without water when the attack disrupted power supplies in the southern city of Odesa, said Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba."
"In the southeastern industrial city of Dnipro, a combined missile and drone attack wounded four people, including a baby boy and a four-year-old girl, said regional governor Oleksandr Ganzha on Telegram. Meanwhile, prosecutors said two people were killed and six more wounded in an attack on the railway hub of Lozova in the northeastern Kharkiv region, which borders Russia. Russia has escalated its winter offensive against Ukraine's electrical infrastructure, leaving major metropolitan areas subject to prolonged periods of freezing temperatures and darkness."
Russia launched a large overnight assault using ballistic missiles, a cruise missile, and hundreds of drones, with air defenses downing or neutralizing the majority. The strikes targeted and damaged energy infrastructure across Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipro, and other regions, disrupting heat, power, and water supplies. Kyiv experienced outages affecting roughly 3,500 apartment buildings and nearly 2,600 high-rises; Odesa lost water access for nearly 300,000 people and lost heating in close to 200 buildings. Attacks wounded and killed civilians, including young children and railway workers, and intensified a winter campaign against electrical systems, risking prolonged freezing and darkness.
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