Overview
- Ukraine reported a coordinated attack on Monday night using ballistic missiles, aviation strikes, guided bombs and about 88 attack drones, and its Air Forces said they destroyed 79 of those drones.
- The General Staff recorded intense fighting along the front, reporting 246 combat engagements in 24 hours and dozens of Russian air and rocket strikes on multiple directions.
- Russian drones struck civilian merchant vessels approaching Ukrainian ports, causing a major fire aboard the Panama-flagged bulk carrier VICTRESS and the death of a 58-year-old Egyptian crewman, and Kyiv has urged decisive international action to protect shipping.
- Ukrainian commanders said their forces struck Russian and occupied-area logistics and military targets — including a space-communications site near Dubna and port infrastructure at Kavkaz — but independent verification of hits inside Russia remains limited.
- Security services in Kyiv arrested two alleged FSB agents planning an incendiary attack while occupation authorities in Crimea suspended retail fuel sales because of critical shortages, and Belarusian opposition reports warn of preparations that could increase regional risk.