Overview
- Ukraine’s Air Force said its defenses downed 220 of 227 attack drones that Russia launched Saturday, with seven drones hitting six sites and debris reported in five locations.
- Russian regions reported overnight drone incursions, with Leningrad authorities citing 59 shootdowns, the Moscow region reporting one civilian death, and a fire at the Baltic oil port of Primorsk prompting temporary flight restrictions and delays in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
- The General Staff logged 116 clashes Saturday and 141 over the full day, with the heaviest pressure on the Pokrovsk sector and repeated assaults near Kostyantynivka where commander Oleksandr Syrskyi visited units and ordered logistical fixes.
- Ukraine said its forces struck an Iskander tactical missile group and radar sites in occupied Crimea overnight Friday into Saturday, and ISW reported that recent hits on Tuapse, Perm, and Orsk refineries cut Russia’s oil processing to the lowest level since 2009.
- Civilian harm grew as drones hit a minibus and later a city bus in Kherson on Saturday and a strike near Chornomorsk on Sunday killed two people and damaged 35 homes, while Naftogaz reported attacks that cut gas service for some customers.