Overview
- Regional officials said drones hit the Ust-Luga oil port area, injuring three people including two children and sparking fires that responders later extinguished.
- Governor Alexander Drozdenko reported 38 drones shot down over Leningrad Oblast by early morning, with broken windows and other damage in nearby homes and public buildings.
- In the Rostov region, local authorities said a strike on Taganrog killed one resident, injured eight, and damaged apartments, private houses, a school, and cars.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defenses intercepted more than 100 Ukrainian drones overnight across several regions after higher counts earlier in the week, while flights at St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport were curtailed and mobile internet was limited in Leningrad Oblast.
- Ukraine’s security service said its Alpha special-operations unit took part in at least one strike, and Reuters has reported recent attacks and related disruptions have idled about 40% of Russia’s oil export capacity, equal to roughly two million barrels a day.