Overview
- Russia's Defense Ministry said on Friday that its air defenses shot down 660 Ukrainian long‑range drones in a single overnight operation across 12 regions, including Crimean airspace.
- Crimean and Sevastopol authorities declared a regional state of emergency and ordered fuel rationing, blackout measures and the suspension of children's summer camps after strikes disrupted power and fuel supplies.
- Ukrainian forces have focused attacks on logistics and energy nodes that link Russia to Crimea, striking bridges, roads, fuel depots and power substations and reportedly destroying a railway bridge over the North Crimean Canal near Rozdolne.
- Moscow responded with a limited kinetic counterstrike that included Iskander‑M ballistic missiles and waves of drones that hit multiple Ukrainian cities and caused reported casualties and infrastructure damage.
- Many site‑specific damage claims remain unverified and compete with official Telegram reports, while analysts say the campaign seeks to degrade Russian air defenses to sustain drone operations and to increase political and logistical pressure on Moscow, with growing civilian hardship in occupied Crimea.