Overview
- Ukraine’s official alert map showed air-raid warnings across Chernihiv, Sumy, Poltava, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
- Ukrainian media reported explosions in Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Dnipro during the alerts, with local damage details still limited.
- Russia’s defense ministry said air defenses downed 207 drones, 11 guided aerial bombs and two HIMARS rockets in the past 24 hours, later citing additional interceptions over Crimea, Belgorod, and the Azov and Black seas.
- Russian regions issued safety warnings as Belgorod declared a rocket threat, Crimea announced then lifted a rocket alert within 28 minutes, and the Rostov region reported a drone danger.
- At the UN Security Council, the United States condemned Moscow for a recent Oreshnik strike as Russia maintained it targeted military-linked infrastructure and said the Lviv aircraft repair plant was disabled.