Overview

• Russia deployed 235 drones and 27 missiles against Ukraine’s frontline regions, killing at least three people and sparking fires in the Dnipro area.
• Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 183 drones and 17 missiles despite Russian strikes in Kharkiv wounding 29 civilians and causing large industrial and farm fires.
• Ukrainian kamikaze drones struck Russia’s Rostov and Stavropol regions, killing two people and damaging an industrial facility as Moscow’s defenses downed 54 such UAVs.
• President Zelenskyy vowed intensified long-range drone retaliation on Russian military and logistics sites and pressed allies for additional Patriot systems.
• The surge in unmanned assaults has frozen cease-fire talks in Istanbul and driven both countries to ramp up drone production in a tech-fueled escalation