Overnight Russia launched a combined ballistic and drone barrage on Kyiv, striking TEC-4 and then all three power plants and a residential block in Desnianskyi district. The toll rose through the morning from two to five dead and 36 wounded, with outages leaving 600,000 without power and disrupting water and transport. Railway infrastructure in five regions was hit. Zelensky said for a second night no partner warning of launches arrived.
Attention turned to Washington as military sources said Starlink for the army was curtailed without notice, degrading drone missions and interception of jet Shaheds. Outlets cited The Telegraph that Trump dropped enhanced security guarantees after the diesel arrangement with Moscow, and the NYT that Kyiv was left constrained.
A jet drone struck a wholesale grocery in Lutsk, killing six and injuring 13 including a child. Zelensky linked the deaths to the Starlink limits in an appeal to Trump.