Odesa region

Russian strikes on energy infrastructure have left households without electricity across eight Ukrainian regions as of Friday morning, including Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Odesa, Sumy, Chernihiv and Kharkiv oblasts. Ukrainian authorities report the outages stem directly from attacks on the power grid, the latest in a campaign targeting energy facilities that has repeatedly disrupted heating and electricity supply during the war.

One civilian was killed and two others injured in overnight Russian attacks on Ukraine's Odesa region, according to reports citing local authorities. A production facility, warehouse premises and trucks were damaged in a widespread fire caused by the strikes. The attack is part of ongoing Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.

Russian forces struck a residential area in the south of Ukraine's Odesa region, wounding two people, according to Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform. The attack damaged the civilian sector of a populated area in Odesa oblast, adding to the ongoing pattern of Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities and border regions.

Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with 170 drones, of which Ukrainian air defences neutralised 147. In Zaporizhzhia region, a man was killed and a woman wounded in a strike on Komyshuvakha, while two people died and four were injured in Novotavriia. Casualties were also reported in Odesa region as authorities assessed the damage from the latest large-scale drone barrage.

A Russian strike hit a residential area in the southern Odesa region of Ukraine, injuring two people, according to Ukrinform. The attack targeted a populated neighbourhood, adding to the pattern of strikes on civilian areas in southern Ukraine. Details on the extent of the damage or the condition of the injured have not yet been reported.

Air raid alerts have been issued across much of Ukraine as monitoring groups report a large wave of jet-powered attack drones. UAVs were detected heading towards the Kyiv region, including Makariv, Dymer, Hostomel and Nemishayev, as well as Chernihiv, Poltava, Kirovohrad and Odesa regions, with Slavutych and other Chernihiv towns also flagged. Air defence forces are responding as residents await updates on interceptions and any damage.

Inspections in the Odesa region of Ukraine have found that roughly one in three schools failed to comply with children's nutrition regulations. The findings, reported by the outlet Інтент, point to problems with how meals are provided to pupils in the region's schools. The details of which standards were breached and what measures will follow have not yet been made public.