Overview

• Air-raid alerts and explosions were reported in Poltava, Odesa and Dnipro, with local media later noting a blast in the city of Sumy.
• Chernihiv’s regional chief said the grid is in critical condition after substation explosions, with three hours on power followed by six off and schools moving to distance learning.
• Nizhyn was left without electricity, and Sumyoblenergo reported outages in parts of the Konotop and Shostka districts before a subsequent blast was heard in Sumy.
• Russia’s Defense Ministry said its Southern grouping destroyed Ukrainian drone control points near Berestok and Kirovo and used FPV drones to disrupt a command post evacuation in Kostyantynivka; regional officials reported intercepts over Novorossiysk and four UAVs downed over Voronezh with no casualties.
• Inside Russia, responders extinguished a large Vladivostok cafe fire with no injuries and confirmed a fatal cafe blaze earlier in Kanash, a court gave two men 15-year terms for a railway terror attack, security services announced a 41 million‑ruble utilities theft case with an arrest, and searches for a missing tourist family near Krasnoyarsk expanded on land and by UAV.