Overview

• Russia’s Defense Ministry said it launched overnight long-range precision and UAV attacks on Ukrainian military‑industrial facilities and gas‑energy infrastructure, claiming all assigned targets were hit.
• The ministry reported conducting one massed strike and five grouped strikes over the past week using land-, air- and sea-based high-precision weapons and strike drones.
• Moscow listed targets including energy facilities supporting defense plants, rail infrastructure used to move Ukrainian weapons and equipment, military airfields, ammunition depots, assembly shops, UAV and unmanned boat storage, and temporary troop locations.
• Poltava region chief Vladimir Kogut reported overnight damage to energy infrastructure from drones and missiles, with debris from a downed drone damaging a private house and no injuries reported.
• Financial Times reported that Russia modified Iskander-M and Kinzhal missiles to perform terminal maneuvers, citing a drop in Ukraine’s ballistic-missile interception rate from 37% in August to 6% in September.