Overview
- Ukraine launched mass long‑range drone strikes that destroyed a Wildberries logistics depot in Kotovsk, Tambov region, and forced an evacuation of the site, local officials and the company said.
- Ukraine's General Staff reported a strike on the Lukoil/NORSI Kstovo refinery in Nizhny Novgorod region that caused a fire and prompted damage assessments by regional authorities.
- Russia's Defence Ministry said its air defences intercepted 426 Ukrainian fixed‑wing drones overnight over 15 regions and Crimea, a tally Moscow released to describe the scale of the barrage.
- President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing temporary state control of critical infrastructure judged inadequately protected, a move that pressures private owners to invest in air defences or risk state management.
- The strikes have produced civilian casualties, evacuations, fires, suspended shipments and share‑price shocks for targeted e‑commerce and energy firms while raising concerns about interceptor depletion and wider escalation risks.