The key facts

  • Four killed and 28 injured in Dnipropetrovsk and Vinnytsia regions, according to authorities
  • Zelensky reported strikes on energy facilities and a double strike on rescuers in Kharkiv
  • Kyiv announced the restoration of a stable Starlink connection

Casualties and destruction in Dnipropetrovsk region

Russian strikes on Dnipropetrovsk region overnight into Saturday, according to authorities, resulted in four people killed and 22 injured. Six more people were hurt in a separate strike on Vinnytsia in the west-central part of the country, Euronews reported, citing Ukrainian authorities. The head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, Oleksandr Hanzha, said Russian forces attacked the Dnipro district with drones and aerial bombs, hitting three districts more than 20 times. According to him, infrastructure in the city of Dnipro was damaged, and in Synelnykove district private houses, apartment buildings, shops and cars were destroyed; in Nikopol district a private house was damaged.

Vinnytsia, Kharkiv and strikes on energy infrastructure

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on social media that a Russian drone hit a multi-storey building in Vinnytsia, while in Kharkiv in the country's north-east a construction hypermarket was struck. about 1,600 guided aerial bombs, 48 missiles and nearly 2,300 attack drones.

Ukrainian counterstrikes and Starlink restoration

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said Ukrainian forces carried out counterstrikes on Russian targets on Saturday and overnight, including army radar stations, command posts and restored a Starlink and its military version, Starshield, play a key role in communications for the Ukrainian army on the battlefield.

Significance of the event

These figures matter because they show the scale of a week-long attack — according to Zelensky's figures, about 1,600 aerial bombs and nearly 2,300 drones — and its consequences for civilian infrastructure: residential buildings, shops and energy facilities. The restoration of Starlink directly affects the combat capability of the Ukrainian army, as the network provides communications at the front. The information is based on a single source; no independent verification of the casualties or the circumstances of the strikes is provided in the report.