Overview
- Russian drones hit Odesa overnight Monday, wounding at least 11 to 14 people and damaging two residential buildings, a hotel, cars, and port facilities, with a Nauru‑flagged merchant ship reporting minor damage and a fire on board.
- Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 94 attack drones since Sunday evening and reported 74 were shot down or jammed, while 20 drones reached 15 locations despite air defenses using missiles, jammers, and mobile fire teams.
- Ukrainian officials said long‑range drones struck deep inside Russia and occupied Crimea over the weekend, with a fire at the Yaroslavl oil refinery and SBU claims of damage to three Black Sea Fleet ships and a MiG‑31 aircraft near Sevastopol and Belbek.
- Regional authorities reported fresh civilian casualties from Russian strikes, including deaths in Sumy and Zaporizhzhia, injuries across Kherson and Odesa, and power outages for about 4,500 people in Chernihiv after drones hit an energy site.
- Ukraine’s military logged more than 240 frontline clashes in the past day with the fiercest fighting near Pokrovsk and Huliaipole, while continued strikes on Odesa’s port threaten export flows through the Black Sea corridor and raise costs for shippers.