Russian strikes trigger power outages across five Ukrainian regions

Russian forces launched a widespread barrage of cruise and ballistic missiles targeting multiple regions across Ukraine, causing fresh power outages in five oblasts. According to state grid operator Ukrenergo, the energy infrastructure situation remains most critical in Sumy Oblast, affecting the regional capital and surrounding communities following damage to equipment.

Air defense units engaged incoming targets over western Ukraine, with explosions reported in Lviv. Further strikes were recorded in Kyiv, Dnipro, and Vinnytsia following earlier warnings from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy regarding an imminent large-scale aerial attack.

Concurrently, heavy frontline fighting persisted. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported 191 combat engagements over 24 hours, with the most intense clashes concentrated in the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka sectors.

Sources: Ukrinform