Overview

• Ukraine reported three deaths and dozens injured after overnight attacks that combined about 40 rockets with roughly 580 drones across multiple regions, including Dnipropetrovsk and near Kyiv.
• Ukraine’s General Staff said strikes hit oil infrastructure in Russia’s Saratov and Samara regions, including the Saratov refinery, where explosions and a large fire were reported.
• Samara’s governor reported four deaths from what he said was a Ukrainian drone attack, while Russia’s defense ministry claimed it destroyed 149 incoming drones overnight.
• NATO vigilance remains high after recent airspace violations, with Estonia reporting MiG‑31 incursions and allied jets intercepting drones over Poland under the Eastern Sentry posture.
• Germany is fast‑tracking counter‑drone measures as a laser demonstrator tested on the frigate Sachsen reportedly downed drones, media say Berlin may directly award Rheinmetall a naval‑laser contract worth about €390 million, and Generalinspekteur Carsten Breuer signaled loitering munitions and drone‑on‑drone defenses entering service soon; Poland and Ukraine also agreed on Ukrainian training for Polish forces in drone warfare and air‑space defense.