Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defenses intercepted 61 Ukrainian fixed‑wing drones overnight across multiple regions, with officials in Voronezh and Oryol reporting shootdowns and no casualties as Sochi lifted a UAV threat alert.
- Crimean authorities reported damage to several electrical substations and repairs underway, and Ulyanovsk’s governor said four drones struck the Veshkayma substation causing two explosions before a fire was contained and power service restored.
- The Defense Ministry said Russian forces struck Ukrainian transport infrastructure and defense‑industry sites, including drone production and training facilities, and reported up to 580 Ukrainian losses in the “Center” sector over the past day.
- Regional updates included a reported rocket strike on Valuyki in Belgorod that lightly wounded a civilian, and Ukrainian media cited explosions and outages in Chuhuiv along with blasts heard in Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia.
- After talks in Washington, President Volodymyr Zelensky said the United States would not transfer Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine as President Trump and Vladimir Putin discussed a possible summit in Budapest.