Overview
- Ukrainian forces have carried out a wave of long‑range strikes on Russian oil facilities and terminals, with intelligence and military briefings naming multiple hits including an attack on the Omsk refinery.
- The General Staff reported that Ukrainian strikes damaged 21 Russian tankers in the Sea of Azov and several support vessels, which Kyiv says are used to move fuel around international sanctions and to supply Russian forces.
- Ukrainian units also struck Russian military sites inside and near occupied areas, including the Kalmiuske training ground and UAV control points in Belgorod and Zaporizhzhia regions.
- Russia has continued heavy missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian cities, and guided‑bomb strikes on Sumy killed four civilians including a child, while President Zelensky said Ukrainian air defenses shot down most drones and cruise missiles but failed to stop ballistic missiles.
- Estonian intelligence says Moscow has intensified anti‑Western information operations and tightened domestic controls after the strikes, and Ukrainian investigators have named two alleged perpetrators of torture of Ukrainian POWs held in Russia.