Slovyansk:Three people were killed, and 35 others were injured as Russia and Ukraine exchanged strikes overnight, according to officials from both sides.
According to Anadolu Agency – English, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, a Russian airstrike on a residential neighborhood in Slovyansk resulted in the death of one person and injuries to 10 others. The attack damaged eight apartment buildings, leaving two partially destroyed, with some individuals trapped under the rubble, as reported by city military administration chief Vadym Lyakh.
A separate Russian airstrike in the southern Kherson region claimed the life of one person and injured 19 others, regional military administration head Oleksandr Prokudin stated.
In the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, an attack on a residential area injured five people and caused significant damage to multi-story apartment buildings, while also setting parked cars ablaze, according to regional military administration head Mykhailo Semikin.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the strikes as part of 'one of the largest attacks' on the country’s energy sector. The attacks targeted over 15 critical power generation and transmission facilities across Ukraine, with the hardest-hit areas being Lutsk, Rivne, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Shepetivka, Slavuta, and Netishyn. Facilities in the Kharkiv, Kyiv, and Dnipro regions were also impacted.
Zelenskyy criticized the U.S. for disregarding the Lindsey Graham Act during this massive attack, which he claimed could have exerted pressure on Russia to end the war. He accused Moscow of aiming to cause a blackout in Ukraine before winter, urging for continued pressure on Russia.
Ukraine's Air Force reported that more than 330 drones and missiles were launched by Russia, with 293 aerial targets intercepted or shot down.
In response, Russia's Defense Ministry stated that its forces conducted a 'massive strike' on metallurgical plants, a transformer manufacturing facility, and energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian cities of Kryvyi Rih, Zaporizhzhia, and Zhytomyr.
Meanwhile, in Russia, a Ukrainian drone attack in the Belgorod region resulted in the death of one person when a passenger car was hit, while another attack in the village of Voznesenovka injured one person. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed its air defenses intercepted and destroyed 610 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory, Crimea, and the Black Sea. Independent verification of these claims remains challenging due to the ongoing conflict.