Overview
- Three people were killed overnight in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region and fires tore through residential buildings, while Odesa was hit again, regional officials and emergency services said.
- The death toll from the Russian drone strike on a passenger train in the Kharkiv region rose to six, prosecutors reported, as Ukrainian leaders condemned the attack as terrorism.
- Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 105 drones overnight and 84 were downed, and the defense minister reported more than 6,000 drones launched over the past month.
- A CSIS analysis estimates Russia has suffered about 1.2 million military casualties and Ukraine 500,000–600,000 since 2022, warning combined losses could approach 2 million by spring; the Kremlin rejected the figures as unreliable.
- Analysts, including the Institute for the Study of War, have alleged Russian forces are employing Starlink-linked guidance on drones, a claim SpaceX has not confirmed as Elon Musk denies offensive military use under Starlink’s terms.