Overview
- Russia’s defense ministry said its forces struck energy and transport sites that support Ukraine’s defense industry, citing hits on a shell‑production workshop, a fuel depot and other military facilities.
- The ministry reported air defenses downed three guided aerial bombs, a U.S.-made HIMARS rocket and 204 fixed‑wing drones during recent engagements.
- Separately, Russian authorities said 85 drones were intercepted across the country, including 20 over Nizhny Novgorod, where debris damaged three private houses and one apartment building and Chkalov airport was briefly closed with no casualties reported.
- Kursk governor Alexander Khinshtein said a Ukrainian drone hit a substation in the Belaya area, triggering outages later rerouted through reserve lines as restoration work continued in several districts.
- Ukraine’s Sumy region and the city of Sumy reported explosions during air‑raid alerts, while in Beijing Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin met Xi Jinping as Russia and China formalized cooperation against unilateral sanctions and agreed to deepen academic, cultural and health ties and to coordinate Eurasian initiatives.