Overview

• A drone assault on a Kherson minibus killed two civilians and injured six passengers, then a second strike wounded three police officers and spurred a war crimes investigation.
• Russian forces carried out about 40 strikes on Nikopol and Synelnykove districts, injuring four civilians and damaging homes, and a separate rocket attack on Dnipro wounded three residents.
• Artillery shelling in the Donetsk region totaled 28 strikes in 24 hours, killing two civilians, wounding four, and destroying dozens of private houses and utility lines.
• The Ukrainian General Staff reported nearly 160 combat clashes across multiple sectors yesterday, with the fiercest battles near Novopavlivka and Pokrovsk as defenders repelled successive Russian assaults.
• Ukrainian drones struck an industrial site and nearby apartments in Russia’s Saratov region overnight, killing one person, damaging several buildings, and briefly grounding flights.