Overview

• Russia unleashed more than 300 strike drones and over 30 missiles overnight against multiple Ukrainian regions, including Odesa, Pavlohrad, Kharkiv and Donetsk.
• Moscow’s air defences said they intercepted 87 Ukrainian drones across central, western and southern Russia, with 13 more destroyed near Moscow.
• In Odesa, a residential high-rise fire killed one civilian and injured six, and in Pavlohrad the heaviest bombardment to date damaged a fire station, industrial sites and a five-storey apartment block.
• Shelling and drone strikes in Kharkiv region hit 10 settlements, damaging utilities and homes, while attacks on Rodynske and Kostiantynivka in Donetsk prompted war-crimes probes after deaths and injuries.
• The European Union approved its 18th sanctions package targeting Russia’s oil and energy sector to further restrict funding for the Kremlin’s war effort.