Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry named companies across the U.K. and EU that it alleges support Ukraine’s drones, and Dmitry Medvedev said the list marks potential targets, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday calling Europe’s role in the war increasingly direct.
- Ukraine’s Air Force reported after Thursday night’s assault that it downed or jammed 147 of 172 drones and said Russia also fired an Iskander-M ballistic missile from occupied Crimea.
- In what officials called one of this year’s largest barrages over a 24-hour period, at least 18 people were killed and more than 100 injured across cities including Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia.
- Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign has struck Russian energy hubs such as Primorsk, Ust-Luga and Tuapse, with geolocated images and Russian statements showing fires, damaged storage tanks, disrupted exports and reported casualties near Tuapse.
- European governments have moved to fund and jointly produce drones for Kyiv, a shift Moscow cites in its warnings, while Russia’s Leningrad region plans new reservist units to guard key oil terminals against further strikes.