Overview
- Regional authorities in Saratov and Ivanovo announced UAV-threat alerts, Penza imposed a temporary airspace restriction under plan Kover, and governors in Voronezh and Rostov said air defenses downed multiple drones with no casualties reported.
- Russian security sources said a strike in Chernihiv region destroyed about 14 fuel tankers, five equipment platforms and roughly 10 other rail cars, describing it as a hit on Ukrainian logistics.
- A serviceman from Russia’s 18th Army told RIA Novosti that reconnaissance and strike UAVs identified and destroyed an Israeli-made Rada radar near Kherson during a night raid.
- A pro-Russian coordinator claimed a shipyard facility near Odesa assembling unmanned surface craft was struck and about 10 workers were killed, while Ukrainian media reported explosions in Odesa and in Konotop during air-raid alerts.
- The Russian Defense Ministry and state media reported tactical pressure near Chasiv Yar toward Kostyantynivka and drone-controlled interdiction of approaches to Siversk, as TASS also relayed a security-source account of strikes on Ukrainian units near Kupyansk; Defense One reported NATO’s Eastern Sentry enables rapid shifting of battlegroups along the eastern flank.