Overview
- Ukraine’s Air Force said it neutralized 190 of 219 Russian attack drones launched since Friday evening, with strikes recorded at 17 locations and debris falling in nine more.
- Kyiv’s drone forces hit refineries and ports inside Russia overnight into Saturday, including Novokuybyshevsk, Syzran, Vysotsk, and Tikhoretsk, with regional officials reporting fires and damage.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed its air defenses destroyed 258 Ukrainian drones over multiple regions as governors confirmed a fire at Vysotsk and damage at oil and industrial sites.
- A Russian strike on a major energy facility in Ukraine’s Chernihiv region left about 380,000 customers without power, while officials reported new civilian casualties from attacks on Odesa, Donetsk, and Kharkiv regions.
- Front‑line fighting remained intense with the heaviest pressure near Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka, and Ukraine’s military intelligence warned Russia is preparing a new push to seize the Donbas by September.