Overview
- The drone strikes reported Thursday across Samara and Nizhny Novgorod killed three people, including one at industrial sites in Novokuybyshevsk, and injured at least 12.
- In Syzran, a blast collapsed the entrance of a multi‑story apartment building, where crews recovered two bodies and treated about a dozen wounded.
- In Samara, falling drone fragments hit the roof of a residential block and injured bystanders on the street, with one person hospitalized.
- Near Kstovo, videos and NASA fire data showed a fuel tank burning at the Gorky oil pumping station, a site that helps feed the Druzhba export pipeline.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry reported downing about 154–155 Ukrainian drones over several regions, a figure not independently confirmed, and officials blamed Ukraine for the attacks.