Overview
- Ukraine says the overnight assault involved 40 missiles and about 580 drones, leaving three people dead and dozens wounded across multiple regions.
- Regional authorities report a rocket using cluster munitions struck a residential building in Dnipro, killing one person and injuring about 30.
- Ukraine’s General Staff says its forces hit strategic fuel infrastructure in Russia’s Saratov and Samara regions, including a Saratov refinery where explosions and a large fire were reported.
- Russian officials say a Ukrainian drone attack in Samara killed four people, and the Defence Ministry claims air defenses destroyed 149 Ukrainian drones, including 15 over the region.
- Kyiv portrays refinery strikes as an effort to erode Russia’s war financing, and Zelenskyy says he will raise sanctions and security guarantees in talks with Trump at the UN.