Overview
- Ukraine’s air force reported 11 ballistic missiles and 149 drones fired overnight, with 116 drones shot down or suppressed and impacts recorded across multiple regions.
- Officials said civilians were killed in Bohodukhiv, Chernihiv and Odesa, with additional injuries in Dnipropetrovsk, as strikes damaged rail lines and cut power for tens of thousands.
- Naftogaz’s chief said Russian attacks damaged company production sites in Poltava and Sumy, marking at least the 20th strike on its infrastructure this year.
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported hits on a Russian command post in Sudzha and an ammo depot in occupied Kherson, and confirmed earlier destruction of containers at a Rostov UAV warehouse with about 6,000 FPV drones lost according to preliminary data.
- Kyiv’s military logged 168 combat clashes over the past day with intensified assaults around Pokrovsk, while governors in Russia’s Belgorod and Kursk regions reported blackouts they blamed on Ukrainian strikes as both sides continue targeting energy infrastructure.