Overview
- Russia’s Investigative Committee opened a terrorism case after the Horly drone attack, with officials reporting 27 dead, including two minors, and 31 injured, and a critically hurt 12-year-old boy being prepared for air evacuation to a Moscow hospital.
- The Kherson ombudsman said multiple drones struck a hotel and its exits as people tried to flee, and separately reported an FPV drone hitting a civilian car near Tarasovka, killing a five-year-old boy and seriously injuring family members.
- The Defense Ministry stated Russian forces did not strike Kharkiv and said video points to a likely detonation of Ukrainian ammunition at the Persona shopping center, adding that Kyiv is using the reports to deflect attention from Horly.
- Air defenses intercepted 11 Ukrainian fixed‑wing drones over Rostov region, Tatarstan, Voronezh region, Crimea and the Azov Sea, while regional warnings shifted with Penza declaring “drone danger” and limiting mobile internet, Krasnodar issuing a fall‑risk alert, and Voronezh giving an all‑clear.
- Belgorod region reported drone damage across five municipalities without casualties, and Kherson police rejected a fabricated notice circulating online that claimed suspects in the Horly attack were being sought.