Overview

• Russia’s defense ministry says 209 Ukrainian drones were intercepted overnight across several regions after a previous wave exceeding 250, while officials on both sides reported new civilian deaths in the Kherson region.
• IAEA experts at the Zaporizhzhia plant reported incoming and outgoing shelling with two shells landing about 1.25 km from the site perimeter.
• Russia’s Rosenergoatom said a Ukrainian combat drone struck near the Novovoronezh nuclear plant’s cooling tower, with the IAEA noting no impact on nuclear safety or radiation levels.
• Regional authorities in Tyumen reported three drones neutralized at an industrial site in Siberia, with local media citing damage to a refinery in a rare strike far from the front.
• European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged an EU-wide “anti-drone wall,” while Germany moved to let federal police shoot down threatening drones and to establish a national anti-drone defense center.