Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said it hit military‑industrial and energy facilities across Ukraine with long‑range precision weapons, including Kinzhal hypersonic missiles.
- Kyiv’s mayor and city administration reported four people killed and 27 injured, damage to about 30 residential buildings, and impacts to medical, transport and commercial sites.
- Ukrainian drones targeted multiple Russian regions, with Novorossiysk declaring a state of emergency as debris damaged apartment blocks, port infrastructure and a fuel facility, and authorities opened temporary shelters.
- Regional officials cited extensive drone activity elsewhere in Russia, including nearly 70 UAVs over Belgorod in 24 hours, debris damage in Voronezh, a thwarted strike on Volgograd energy sites, a lifted alert in Saratov after reported damage, and five more drones shot down over Belgorod and Rostov in the morning.
- Pro‑Russian coordinators reported strikes on Ukrainian airfields and bases near Boryspil, Bila Tserkva and in Kirovohrad region, while Russian units claimed localized gains on the Zaporizhzhia front and the destruction of a Ukrainian reconnaissance group in Sumy region.