Overview

• President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia fired about 40 missiles and roughly 580 drones overnight, leaving three people dead and dozens injured across Ukraine.
• Zelensky reported that a cluster-munition missile hit an apartment building in Dnipro, where regional authorities said one person was killed and 26 were wounded.
• Ukraine’s air force reported shooting down 552 drones and 31 missiles during the attack as a nationwide air alert was issued.
• The governor of Russia’s Samara region said a Ukrainian drone strike killed four people, and Russia’s defense ministry claimed it intercepted 149 Ukrainian drones and repelled attacks in Volgograd and Rostov.
• Zelensky called the campaign a deliberate effort to terrorize civilians and urged allies for more air-defense systems and tougher sanctions, while Ukraine’s military reported drone strikes on oil refineries in Saratov and Samara.