Overview

• The governor of Belgorod said a missile struck Maslova Pristan near the Ukrainian border, killing three and injuring one as a sports complex sustained heavy damage.
• Russia’s Defense Ministry reported intercepting 184 Ukrainian drones overnight, with most downed over the Kursk and Belgorod regions.
• Moscow said it neutralized 251 drones the previous day in what it called one of Kyiv’s largest retaliatory raids, reporting two deaths from those attacks.
• Officials on both sides reported fatalities in the Kherson region, with a Moscow-appointed authority citing four deaths in occupied territory and Ukraine reporting a 65-year-old man killed in the regional capital.
• Russian strikes on Ukraine’s power grid have intensified in recent days, and AFP analysis of ISW data estimated late last month that Moscow controls about 19% of Ukrainian territory.