Overview
- Regional officials confirmed a nighttime strike on the Saratov oil refinery that injured one person, with OSINT group ASTRA assessing it as at least the seventh hit on the site this year.
- Russian authorities have begun recruiting or mobilizing reservists across multiple regions to protect critical energy infrastructure, reflecting growing strain from repeated long‑range attacks.
- Ukrainian forces report mounting personnel shortfalls and rising unauthorized absences as fighting intensifies around Pokrowsk and along the southern front.
- Ukraine’s anti‑corruption agencies said raids at state nuclear operator Energoatom uncovered a scheme that laundered roughly €86 million, with the company confirming searches and cooperation with investigators.
- Regional security tensions broadened as Romania reported suspected drone debris near its border after strikes on Danube ports, while Russia’s FSB publicized an uncorroborated claim about a Ukrainian‑British plot to hijack a MiG‑31.