Overview
- A Russian drone strike on a passenger minibus near Nikopol on Wednesday killed at least five people and injured seven, regional officials said.
- Russian overnight barrages of missiles and drones damaged civilian sites in Kyiv, Odesa and Zaporizhzhia and left dozens wounded, city and regional authorities reported.
- NATO forces shot down a suspected Russian drone over Lithuania after it entered from Belarus, showing the conflict is spilling into neighbouring airspace and prompting alliance concern.
- Ukraine said it tested a new domestically developed anti-drone interceptor that scored a hit during trials, and its forces reported shooting down large numbers of incoming drones overnight.
- The campaign is hitting rail and energy networks, the UN recorded a rise in civilian casualties this year, and officials warn that depleted interceptor stocks risk worsening the humanitarian and regional security fallout.