Overview
- Ukrainian officials say Russia launched roughly 430 drones and about 18–19 missiles, describing one of the largest combined strikes in months.
- Air defenses reportedly downed most of the incoming weapons, with Ukraine citing 405 drones and many missiles intercepted and highlighting the role of Patriot systems.
- Authorities report six deaths nationwide, including four in Kyiv and two near Odesa, plus more than 30 injured as fires and debris damaged apartments, clinics and energy networks.
- City officials noted heating outages and multiple district fires in the capital, and fragments struck the Azerbaijani embassy alongside damage to a medical facility.
- Ukraine said it hit targets in Russia using long-range drones and Neptune missiles, including Novorossiysk port and a Saratov refinery, as Moscow claimed 216 Ukrainian drones were shot down and denied striking civilians; an FSB claim of a foiled Kyiv-directed assassination plot was not independently verified and was rejected by Ukraine.