Overview

• Ukrainian outlets reported explosions in Dnipro, Pavlograd, Kryvyi Rih, Mykolaiv, and Sumy during overnight air-raid alerts.
• Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defenses downed 149 Ukrainian drones overnight, with regional authorities detailing interceptions across multiple oblasts.
• Rostov region reported a mass UAV attack with a warehouse wall damaged, windows blown out, power disruptions, and no injuries.
• Belgorod’s governor said the region faced more than 200 attacks in 24 hours, leaving one civilian dead, five wounded, and damage to homes and infrastructure.
• Ukraine’s General Staff claimed drones struck refinery facilities in Saratov and Novokuybyshevsk and a Samara oil station, a report that lacked independent verification; separately, investigators continued a probe into a Sept. 16 all-terrain vehicle sinking in Zabaykalsky Krai that killed five.