Overview
- Russia’s Investigative Committee opened a terrorism case into the Khorly attack, reporting 27 dead including two minors and 31 injured with five children among them.
- Regional officials described several sequential drone hits in Khorly that blocked exits and struck people evacuating from a café and hotel; days of mourning were declared.
- A critically injured 12-year-old is being prepared for air evacuation from Simferopol to a Moscow children’s hospital, according to medical officials and the regional ombudsman.
- An FPV drone hit a civilian car near Tarasovka, killing a five-year-old boy and leaving three adult relatives hospitalized in severe condition, regional authorities said.
- The Defense Ministry reported shooting down 11 fixed‑wing drones over Rostov, Tatarstan, Voronezh, Crimea and the Azov Sea, while Penza and Krasnodar announced ‘drone danger’ alerts with shelter guidance and, in Penza, temporary mobile internet restrictions.