Overview

• Russia's Defense Ministry cited press-center reports claiming up to 1,430 Ukrainian casualties in a single day.
• The ministry said Black Sea Fleet and Dnepr units destroyed 23 uncrewed and five crewed Ukrainian boats over the past week.
• The Southern grouping reported a Ukrainian UAV control node and a temporary deployment site struck near the Klyban-Byk reservoir, and Ka-52 crews were said to have destroyed a large strongpoint near Kherson.
• Regional authorities reported drone incidents inside Russia, including a Shebekino social facility fire without injuries, a man dying after a Sept. 23 attack in Bryansk region, and a man injured by a drone strike in Karyzh, Kursk region.
• Officials issued drone-attack alerts in Dagestan and Mordovia, and Krasnodar authorities reported a fire at the Afipsky refinery from drone fragments, while Ukraine's top commander said a new drone-interceptor air-defense branch is being formed.