Overview
- Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said air defenses destroyed eight drones targeting the capital overnight, with emergency crews working at debris sites.
- Voronezh governor Alexander Gusev reported several drones downed on approach to the city and said there were no initial casualties or major damage.
- In Kursk region, a drone struck a civilian car in Belovsky district, injuring a 47-year-old man, and in Krasnodar’s Shcherbinovsky district several farm buildings and equipment were damaged without injuries.
- Pro-Russian bloggers claimed Russian forces lost their last foothold in Kupyansk, while ISW assessments indicate Ukrainian control over most of the city, and The New York Times reported that Ukraine’s retreat from Seversk weakens its negotiating position.
- In the Donetsk region, Denis Pushilin said one civilian was killed and two were injured in attacks he attributed to Ukrainian forces, and the FSB said it killed a suspect in Tyumen whom investigators accused of plotting a pipeline attack.