Overview
- Large Russian missile and drone barrages struck Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa and other regions, damaging homes, rail and energy infrastructure and wounding dozens.
- A Russian drone hit a civilian bus near Nikopol that killed five people and struck a passenger train in Mykolaiv whose 168 passengers were evacuated without injuries.
- Ukraine said it carried out overnight strikes inside Russia that sparked a fire at the Slavneft‑Yanos refinery in Yaroslavl and damaged aircraft at a Rostov airfield.
- A Russian drone attack on a Tanzania‑flagged merchant ship in the Black Sea killed the captain and injured crew, underscoring the growing threat to civilian shipping.
- Poland warned of possible 'hybrid' drone or missile strikes that could affect NATO allies and the U.S. House passed the Lindsey O. Graham sanctions bill to increase economic pressure on Moscow.