Overview
- Following Thursday’s enormous overnight barrage, Ukraine said Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles that killed at least 18 people and injured more than 100 in Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipro and other cities.
- Ukraine’s air force reported downing or jamming 147 of 172 drones in that attack, yet an Iskander ballistic missile and 20 drones still struck eight locations and falling debris caused more damage.
- In a subsequent wave, air defenses said they neutralized 190 of 219 drones, and a strike on an energy site in Chernihiv cut electricity to about 380,000 customers.
- Ukrainian long‑range drones hit Russian energy infrastructure, with a major fire at the Tuapse oil hub where regional officials reported a woman and a teenage girl were killed and investigators opened a terrorism case.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry published a list of European companies it claims support Ukraine’s drone production and labeled them potential targets, a position the Kremlin left unchanged as EU officials said they had no confirmation of Ukrainian drones using EU airspace.