Overview
- Regional officials said drone debris in Tuapse damaged an oil tanker and terminal, sparked a fire on the vessel, shattered windows at the rail station, and later damaged a nearby apartment building, with no casualties reported.
- Belgorod authorities reported three injuries from FPV drone blasts — two 15-year-old brothers and a man — and damage to vehicles and buildings, including a fire service vehicle struck during response efforts.
- Rostov governor Yuri Slyusar said two people were wounded in Miasnikovsky district as drones ignited a car and damaged several homes, with air defenses continuing to engage targets.
- The Russian Defense Ministry said a Su-34 hit a Ukrainian ammunition depot, and security sources reported the destruction of the 1222nd Ukrainian engineer battalion’s position near Stary Saltiv in Kharkiv region.
- Investigators opened a criminal case after a multi-vehicle crash on the Orel–Tambov highway killed six people, while Tula’s tram collision death toll rose to five with 10 still hospitalized, and a Tver court again declined to jail a suspect in a separate fatal crash; additional reports included claims of coerced burials in Sudzha and Ukrainian positions in residential gardens, as well as a Ukrainian drone unit commander’s call to target Odessans resisting mobilization.