Overview

• Ukrainian outlets reported blasts and extended air-raid alerts across multiple oblasts, including Dnipro and Pavlograd, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, Poltava and Kharkiv.
• Rostov region’s acting governor said air defenses intercepted drones across several districts, with a warehouse wall damaged, windows blown out and power disruptions but no reported injuries.
• Ukraine’s General Staff said drones hit refineries in Saratov and Novokuybyshevsk and a Samara oil facility, while Russian authorities reported large numbers of drones shot down and limited on-the-ground effects.
• Belgorod’s governor reported more than 200 attacks in 24 hours across nine districts, leaving one civilian dead, five injured and damage to homes, vehicles and infrastructure.
• Regional updates included two drones downed overnight in Russia’s Kaluga region, the lifting of a drone-threat alert in Kursk, Russian MoD claims of a repelled Ukrainian assault, and a Mykolaiv pro-Russian source alleging strikes on an ammunition depot and troop site.