Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry says air defenses shot down 102 fixed‑wing Ukrainian drones in the past day, including 20 overnight and 12 between 07:00 and 09:00 Moscow time after 38 were reported downed on Tuesday evening.
- Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported multiple drones intercepted on approaches to Moscow on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, with emergency crews working at debris sites.
- The Defense Ministry released footage it says shows the capture of Ostapovske in the Dnipropetrovsk region, while units under the ‘East,’ ‘South,’ ‘North’ and ‘West’ groupings reported advances and claimed heavy Ukrainian losses.
- Russian forces said a Su‑34 struck a Ukrainian UAV command post and that troops destroyed two additional drone control nodes near Kostiantynivka; Ukrainian authorities reported 177 combat engagements and said their forces hit two Russian UAV command posts and an artillery system.
- Regional officials reported a mass drone attack on Henichesk with no casualties and a separate UAV strike that wounded one person in Zaporizhzhia, as authorities emphasized ongoing air defense activity across several Russian regions.