Overview
- Kyiv authorities say four people were killed and 27 injured, including two children, with roughly 30 residential buildings and public facilities damaged after a large nighttime attack.
- Novorossiysk was described by regional officials as the hardest hit Russian city, with an emergency regime introduced, damage at the Sheskharis oil terminal and a civilian ship, injuries reported, and temporary shelters opened.
- Russian air defenses reported intercepting large drone salvos, including 66 over Krasnodar Territory and 59 over the Black Sea; Volgograd officials said an attempted strike on energy sites was repelled without outages, Saratov lifted a drone-threat alert after damage to civilian facilities, and Belgorod reported three civilians wounded.
- Russia claimed strikes on Ukrainian military sites, including an airfield in Kirovohrad region, a training camp near Bila Tserkva and a special-forces base near Boryspil, along with additional hits on air defenses and depots around Kyiv and other regions.
- On the ground, Russia reported thwarting three Ukrainian counterattacks in Kharkiv region and said up to 10 Ukrainian troops were killed near Kupiansk, as the FSB released video of a foiled bomb plot at a Moscow cemetery targeting a senior official.