Overview
- Russia’s defense ministry said air defenses destroyed 36 Ukrainian UAVs in about four hours, including 17 over Rostov, 12 over Belgorod, three over Voronezh, three over Crimea and one over Saratov.
- Volgograd officials reported drones hit residential buildings, injuring three people and igniting a high‑rise fire that was later extinguished, with sappers preparing to clear unexploded hazards.
- Regional authorities said debris from intercepted drones damaged an infrastructure site in Voronezh with no casualties, a civilian was injured in Belgorod, and Rostov reported multiple districts engaged with hostile UAVs.
- Ukraine’s online map showed new air‑raid alerts for Kyiv and nine oblasts overnight, with explosions reported in Kharkiv and Sumy, following an earlier strike on Kyiv Oblast that injured six people including a child.
- Ukraine’s SBU claimed drones destroyed four S‑400 launchers and two radars near Novorossiysk, and Reuters sources reported a temporary halt in Transneft pumping and port oil exports, claims not confirmed by Russia.