Overview
- Ukraine’s Air Force reported a mass strike of 147 attack drones overnight, with 121 intercepted or jammed and hits logged at 18 sites across the country.
- Officials said Russia launched Shahed, Gerbera and Italmas loitering munitions from several regions of Russia and from occupied Crimea, using a wide spread of launch points to complicate defence.
- Local authorities reported one person killed and five injured in Zaporizhzhia after a drone hit a high‑rise, power cutoffs in Chernihiv after energy sites were struck, and injuries in Kharkiv near residential buildings.
- Russian regional officials in Belgorod said nearly 120 Ukrainian drones hit targets in border districts and the city, injuring civilians and damaging homes and infrastructure, reflecting cross‑border tit‑for‑tat strikes.
- The strikes follow reports a day earlier of one of the largest drone campaigns of the war, which Ukraine said involved 948 drones, highlighting rising tempo that pressures air defences and emergency crews.