The overnight strikes hit Kyiv and the region around the capital, the Black Sea port of Odesa and central Ukraine, they said. People inspect a shell crater at the site of a Russian strike near a residential building in Putrivka, in the Kyiv region, on Sunday. The Ukrainian air force said that Russia had launched 50 missiles and 297 drones in overnight attacks and air defence units shot down or neutralised 33 missiles and 274 drones. Russia attacks the Ukrainian energy system almost daily, striking thermal power plants and electrical substations. Attacks on power ‌stations, the energy transmission system and the gas sector are important elements of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine launched by Russia in ​February 2022.

Source: The Irish Times February 22, 2026 19:03 UTC