Overview
- A Russian drone struck a passenger bus near Nikopol on Wednesday, killing five people and injuring seven, regional authorities said.
- Russian strikes have also damaged trains, locomotives and stations in multiple regions, degrading routes used to move Western-supplied military cargo and civilian passengers.
- NATO and neighbouring states reported cross‑border incidents, including an Italian‑flown NATO jet shooting down a suspected Russian drone over Lithuania and drone alerts in Moldova, and Poland has moved troops to reinforce its border with Ukraine.
- Ukraine says its forces downed large numbers of incoming drones overnight and is testing a new indigenous anti‑drone interceptor that Kyiv reported scored a hit during trials.
- The events are sharpening political warnings from EU and NATO leaders, and they come alongside competing battlefield claims from the Russian Defence Ministry about troop losses and local gains, which complicates the picture for diplomacy and European security.