Overview
- Kyiv Oblast authorities reported strikes across Brovary, Vyshhorod, Obukhiv and Bucha districts that set warehouses and homes ablaze and damaged residential, industrial and public facilities, with local reports noting emergency power cuts and claims that an energy plant and substation were targeted.
- Regional administrations detailed continued attacks elsewhere in Ukraine, including 899 strikes on 44 settlements in Zaporizhzhia that left three injured, nearly 120 strikes across Sumy that killed two, hits on 14 Kharkiv settlements that injured six, and morning shelling in Kherson that wounded six including three children.
- Belgorod region officials in Russia said Ukrainian forces launched 140 drones and more than 15 munitions over 24 hours, injuring civilians and damaging homes and facilities in multiple districts, according to a TASS summary of regional updates.
- Ukraine’s Southern Defense Forces said Russia has doubled its use of loitering munitions and fixed‑wing strike drones over recent days, now exceeding 500 such weapons daily, with air defenses downing the majority in frontline sectors.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed Ukrainian forces lost about 1,135 troops in one day and said air defenses shot down 10 guided bombs and 285 fixed‑wing drones, adding that a mass strike hit defense industry, energy sites and airfields; these statements could not be independently verified in the reports.