Overview

• Overnight raids deployed 27 Russian missiles and more than 200 drones, including Shahed kamikaze types, and Ukrainian defenses neutralized 183 drones and 17 missiles using Patriots, electronic warfare and other air defenses.
• Russian strikes in eastern Ukraine killed two people and injured five in Dnipro, wounded three in Kharkiv and ignited fires in Zaporizhzhia and Sumy.
• Germany delivered three Patriot air defense batteries to Kyiv under a NATO-backed agreement and is negotiating the delivery of two more systems.
• Ukraine’s counterstrikes have extended into Russian territory with drone and cyber operations that cut rail power in the Volgograd region, disrupted Pulkovo and Sheremetyevo airports and forced Aeroflot to cancel over 40 flights.
• Moscow cited security threats when it canceled the St. Petersburg naval parade and redirected resources to large-scale naval exercises, highlighting vulnerabilities on its home front.