Overview
- Ukrainian forces launched hundreds of long‑range drones toward multiple Russian regions during a large operation on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, with media reports citing launch totals from roughly 600 to nearly 800.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said its air defenses intercepted 453 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles across more than 20 regions and the Black Sea, a figure presented as an official tally by state agencies.
- Drone strikes damaged a Wildberries logistics warehouse near Moscow and sparked a fire at an oil refinery in Ufa, with regional officials reporting at least one injury from the Ufa attacks.
- Russian long‑range missiles and drones caused deadly hits inside Ukraine over the same period, including a strike on Pechenihy that Kyiv says killed 10 civilians and a Kherson minibus attack that killed four people.
- The exchanges are straining air‑defense munitions on both sides, driving Kyiv to press Western partners for more supplies and prompting Moscow to publicly accuse Britain of supplying drones used in the raids, intensifying diplomatic tensions.