That initial salvo comprised roughly 17 Iskander-M and six KN-23 ballistic missiles alongside four Zircon hypersonic and two Oniks-M supersonic cruise missiles. Four Zircon missiles and multiple Geran-4 jet drones hit the Ladyzhyn plant, causing widespread power outages across Vinnytsia Oblast, while two Iskander-M strikes on the Kaniv Hydroelectric Power Plant forced emergency blackouts across Cherkasy Oblast. Up to six Iskander-M and four KN-23 missiles also struck the Prydniprovska plant in Dnipro, about two Iskander-Ms hit the Kryvyi Rih plant in Zelenodolsk, roughly five Iskander-Ms hit the Zmiivska plant in Kharkiv Oblast, and four Iskander-Ms alongside six KAB glide bombs dropped by two Su-34 jets struck Kharkiv’s TEC-5 plant.

The missile assault followed a 72 hour campaign of more than 2,000 Geran-2, Geran-4 and Geran-5 drones targeting Ukrainian energy and railway infrastructure across 22 of 24 regions. In the hours before the missile launches, more than 250 drones struck targets including the Dnistrovska Hydroelectric Power Plant and 330 kV substations in Chernivtsi and Zhytomyr, leaving most of Zhytomyr city without electricity and reducing internet connectivity in Zhytomyr Oblast to 48% of ordinary levels. Earlier drone strikes also halted power production at Kyiv’s TEC-5, TEC-6 and Darnytska plants and caused blackouts in Odesa, according to energy provider DTEK.