Overview

• Ukraine reported a new overnight wave of drones and missiles—well over 100—striking multiple regions, with Zaporizhzhia suffering at least one death and more than 20 injuries and blasts also reported in Dnipro and Kyiv.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said up to 100,000 Russian troops are concentrated near Pokrovsk and preparing offensive operations, while stressing the situation remains under control and the transport hub has not fallen.
• Washington approved potential sales of Patriot air-defense systems and Starlink services to Ukraine, and European partners are helping finance a shipment of more than 3,000 U.S. ERAM air‑launched missiles reported to be en route.
• Ukrainian drones recently hit Russia’s Afipski and Kuibyshev refineries, and industry sources say damage to the Unetscha pump station will cut September capacity at the Ust‑Luga oil terminal roughly in half, forcing export rerouting.
• Ukrainian intelligence and analysts say Chinese-sourced electronics and other dual‑use goods are critical to Russia’s large‑scale drone production that is driving the intensified aerial campaign.