Overview
- Ukrainian officials said a ballistic missile strike on Odesa’s port area killed eight and wounded dozens, with Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba reporting damage at Pivdennyi and Allseeds confirming sunflower oil tanks ablaze and one worker killed.
- Ukraine’s military said long-range drones struck Russia’s Filanovsky oil rig and the patrol ship Okhotnik in the Caspian Sea, more than 700km from Ukrainian territory, with the extent of damage under assessment.
- The Air Force reported neutralizing 75 of 97 attack drones launched overnight from multiple directions, noting additional UAVs were still in Ukrainian airspace during the operation.
- The General Staff recorded 235 combat engagements in a day, including 72 in the Pokrovsk sector, as Russian forces employed extensive shelling and guided aerial bombs across several regions.
- Authorities organized evacuations from border settlements in Sumy after reports of Russian abductions, while US-facilitated contacts with Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev proceeded in Miami under a proposed trilateral talks format.