Overview

• Russia’s overnight barrage of 477 drones and 60 missiles targeted multiple regions, inflicting civilian injuries and damaging infrastructure despite Ukraine’s air defenses
• Ukrainian forces destroyed or damaged two Su-34 fighter-bombers at the Marinovka airfield, and the SBU reportedly struck a Crimean base downing helicopters and a Pantsir-S1 system
• A Ukrainian F-16 pilot who had shot down seven incoming threats was killed when his jet was hit, marking a rare loss in Kyiv’s Western-supplied fleet
• Russia has concentrated about 110,000 troops near Pokrovsk, signaling preparation for renewed offensive operations along the frontline
• NATO scrambled German Eurofighters to intercept a Russian Il-20M reconnaissance aircraft near Usedom, highlighting alliance vigilance over its airspace