Overview
- Regional officials said Wednesday that overnight strikes by drones and rockets struck Voronezh, Taganrog, Tuapse and annexed Sevastopol, producing fires and damage to homes and commercial buildings.
- Open-source analysts and regional statements reported strikes near the Baltimor aerodrome and a fire at Aviation Repair Plant 325 in Taganrog, and the Rostov governor said falling debris from an intercepted missile wounded two women, one seriously.
- Sevastopol’s Russian-appointed authorities reported a combined attack that they say included Storm Shadow missiles and that caused a roof fire at the central bank’s southern office and blast damage to nearby apartment windows.
- Ukrainian regional officials reported a separate drone strike on Odesa region that damaged houses, a Nova Poshta branch and shops and left eight people wounded, including a 12-year-old child.
- The Russian Defense Ministry reported destroying 140 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over many regions and sea areas, but independent verification of military damage is incomplete and Ukrainian and international bodies say strikes on civilian infrastructure may amount to war crimes as investigations continue.