Overview
- Kyiv officials reported four people killed and 27 injured after a nighttime barrage, with roughly 30 residential buildings and public facilities damaged across multiple districts.
- Authorities in Novorossiysk reported damage to apartment blocks, a container terminal, port fuel infrastructure and a civilian ship, declared an emergency, and opened temporary shelters.
- Ukraine’s General Staff said it struck the Saratov oil refinery and a fuel storage site near Engels, with industry sources cited by Reuters reporting explosions and fires at the refinery.
- Regional officials in Russia described a large drone wave overnight, saying air defenses downed 45 drones over Saratov and 66 over Krasnodar plus 59 over the Black Sea, and reported three civilians wounded in Belgorod region.
- Russian sources said forces hit a military airfield and communications nodes in Kirovohrad region and a training site near Bila Tserkva, alongside additional strikes across Ukraine.