The night at a glance: Russia attacks Ukraine again with combat drones

Russia has again attacked goals in Ukraine with dozens of combat drones. In the eastern Ukrainian city of Tschuhujiw, at least three people were injured in a drone attack, including a twelve -year -old boy, as military governor Oleh Synjehubow announced near Telegram. Two people were also injured in the city of Kupjansk.

There were also reports of the capital from the capital Kiev in the evening and at night. According to media reports, a number of people were again looking for refuge in subway shafts and other shelters. In large parts of the country, there were always air alarm, including Sumy in the north near the border, in Donetsk and Charkiw in the east as well as Dnipro and Saporischschja in the southeast. At first nothing was known about damage and victim.

In turn, Ukraine attacked destinations in Russia. In the southern Russian area of ​​Rostow and in the Smolensk area southwest of the capital Moscow, official information has been intercepted. The information on both sides could not be checked independently.

Ukraine has been defending itself against a Russian war of aggression for more than three years and is increasingly pushing the western allies due to concentrated air raids to deliver new aircraft systems.

Selenskyj: 550 drones, rockets and cruise missiles in front of night

In one of the worst Russian air raids against the Ukrainian capital Kiev, about two dozen people were injured on Friday night. In a “brutal and sleepless night”, Russia used 550 drones, rockets and marching missiles in these “cynical attacks”, President Wolodymyr Selenskyj wrote on X.

Authorities also reported a dead person who was pulled out of the rubble. Selenskyj again asked the West to help strengthen his air defense. “Patriots and the rockets for this are true protectors of life,” he said. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrij Sybiha spoke of one of the worst nights since the beginning of the war more than three years ago.

In the defense against the massive Russian attack on Kiev, the Ukraine had successfully used its own information after catching the catch. Dozens of Russian Schaheds were shot down with catch -in drones, said Selenskyj in his daily video message. He gave instructions to produce more such catch drones and to train necessary drone pilots for the use.

Selenskyj and Trump make calls to arms deliveries

Against the background of a partial stop of American arms deliveries, Selenskyj meanwhile telephoned with US President Donald Trump. “We spoke about opportunities for the air defense and agreed that we will work on better protection of the airspace,” wrote the Ukrainian head of state at Telegram.

In addition, they spoke “detailed” about the capacities of the armaments industry and joint productions. Selenskyj described the conversation as “important and useful”. He did not say whether the weapons, which have been held back for a few days.

A few days ago, the Pentagon had held back to the Ukraine attacked by Russia on the grounds of an inventory revision. According to media reports, it was also about Patriot missiles important for the Ukrainian air defense.

IAEA: Ukrainian nuclear power plant Saporischschja temporarily without electricity

After a temporary failure of its power supply, the Ukrainian nuclear power plant Saporischschja gets energy again, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The failure took three and a half hours and clarified the precarious security situation, wrote IAEA boss Rafael Grossi on the platform X. Previously, the power plant management used by Russia and the Ukrainian network operators had already confirmed the repair.

This was already the ninth time during the Ukraine war and the first time since the end of 2023. The nuclear power plant had temporarily dependent on the stream of its emergency electricity diesel generators. The cooling systems of the removed reactors require a stable power supply.

The Russian Saporischschja nuclear power plant is the largest nuclear system in Europe. The six nuclear reactors have been switched off for a long time. The Ukrainian side attributed the situation to Russian shelling

Since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine, the IAEA has played a central role in protecting and monitoring the condition and the security of the Ukrainian nuclear power plants. She regularly sends experts teams on the active reactor locations in Riwne and Chmelnyzkyj and has been in the Saporischschja nuclear power plant since September 2022, which has been under Russian control since March 2022.