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Deadly Overnight Strikes Hit Zaporizhzhia and Occupied Crimea as Both Sides Report Mass Drone Attacks

Conflicting interception tallies and casualty claims highlight an intensifying long-range campaign.

Overview

  • Ukrainian officials say Russian guided aerial bombs struck Zaporizhzhia before dawn, killing at least three people and damaging apartment blocks, homes, shopping areas and vehicles.
  • Russian-installed authorities in Crimea report a drone strike on the Foros resort area that killed three and injured 16, a claim Ukraine has not confirmed and which remains independently unverified.
  • Russia’s Defense Ministry says air defenses downed 114 Ukrainian drones over multiple regions and Crimea overnight, with regional reports of a substation fire in Krasnodar Krai and injuries in Belgorod.
  • Ukraine’s Air Force reports shooting down 132 of 141 Russian strike UAVs launched the same night, as Kyiv Oblast documented fires and one injury and Sumy reported drone hits and industrial damage.
  • Ukraine’s General Staff confirms earlier operations destroyed large Russian stocks of strike drones and a field ammunition depot in occupied Donetsk and Luhansk regions as part of efforts to disrupt logistics.