- More than 800,000 residents in Kyiv had their power restored on Saturday following extensive Russian assaults on Ukraine's energy grid.
- Ukraine's largest private energy firm, DTEK, confirmed the main restoration work was complete, though some localised outages persisted.
- Friday's "massive" Russian drone and missile strikes injured at least 20 people in Kyiv, damaged residential properties, and caused widespread blackouts.
- Russia's Defence Ministry stated its strikes targeted energy facilities supplying Ukraine's military, confirming the use of Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and drones.
- Separately, leaders from Britain, France, and Germany agreed to use the value of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine's armed forces, aiming to increase pressure on Vladimir Putin.
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