Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defenses destroyed 172 Ukrainian fixed‑wing drones overnight across the Black Sea, Krasnodar, Crimea and other regions.
- Regional officials in Novorossiysk reported five people wounded, damage to 17 residential buildings and a daycare, a local state of emergency, and flight disruptions at southern airports.
- Independent analysis by ASTRA identified the target as the Sheskharis oil terminal, a major transshipment hub that Ukraine has previously linked to fueling Russian operations.
- A Ukrainian security source said SSU Alpha drones, with other forces, hit military vessels, an S‑300 fire‑control radar, a Pantsir system, and six of seven loading berths at Sheskharis.
- Ukraine’s Air Force reported shooting down 84 of 94 Russian attack drones over its territory, as officials logged civilian casualties nationwide, including one killed and several injured when a drone struck a commuter train in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.