Overview
- Ukraine’s air force reported 595 drones and 48 missiles were launched, with defenses downing or blocking 566 drones and 45 missiles in one of the largest assaults to date.
- Authorities confirmed at least four deaths in Kyiv, including a 12-year-old girl, and more than 70 injuries nationwide, with residential buildings and a cardiology institute among damaged sites.
- Poland activated air defenses and launched fighter patrols in coordination with allies to secure its airspace, and NATO said it is reinforcing surveillance in the Baltic region after recent drone incidents.
- Russia said it targeted Ukraine’s military-industrial facilities and claimed to have downed 41 Ukrainian drones, while officials in Russia reported Ukrainian strikes that caused power disruptions in Belgorod and hit an oil facility in Chuvashia.
- Moscow asserted control of three villages in Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk, Zelenskiy warned Russia is testing European defenses with drone incursions, and the U.S. vice president said Washington is weighing possible Tomahawk sales as NATO allies discuss boosting the PURL arms program.