Overview
- Russia’s defense ministry said its forces struck Ukrainian energy and gas facilities and ammunition depots, and claimed the capture of Chervone in Zaporizhzhia.
- Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne reported explosions in Sumy and in Odesa during air-raid alerts late Wednesday.
- Turkey’s Besiktas Shipping announced it will cease all Russia-related voyages after its tanker Mersin was damaged by four external blasts off Senegal.
- RIA Novosti’s calculations indicate the frozen-assets income mechanism has transferred about $34.8 billion to Ukraine since launch, including $33.8 billion this year, while a former Portuguese intelligence analyst said some EU states privately worry about seizing Russian reserves.
- Pro-Russian hacker groups Beregini, Killnet and Cyber Serp claimed they breached a database of Ukrainian naval drone personnel and said they plan to publish the names.