One of the hardest-hit areas was the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine, where 17 attack drones struck two residential districts, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said. Emergency crews, municipal workers and volunteers worked through the night to extinguish fires, rescue residents from burning homes, and restore gas, electricity and water services.

The Ukrainian Air Force says that Russian forces launched a large-scale drone assault across Ukraine overnight, with 85 Shahed-type drones and decoy UAVs targeting the northeastern city of Kharkiv and