Overview

• Ukraine’s air force tracked 526 aerial threats, including 502 Shahed-type drones, 16 Kalibr and 8 Kh-101 cruise missiles, and reported downing or suppressing 430 drones and 21 missiles.
• Impacts and debris were recorded at 14 locations, with blasts and damage reported in western and central regions such as Lviv, Lutsk, Ivano-Frankivsk and the Kyiv area, and at least four railway workers were injured in Kirovohrad region.
• Poland said its forces and allied aircraft scrambled during the attack to secure NATO airspace and later stood down after the strikes subsided.
• Ground fighting remained intense with 166–172 daily combat engagements, and Ukrainian commanders reported the heaviest pressure and dozens of repelled assaults in the Pokrovsk and Novopavlivka sectors.
• Zelensky condemned the strikes, warned of an increased Russian troop buildup and asymmetric responses from Ukraine, and Russian claims of large Ukrainian losses continued to be publicly asserted and disputed.