Overview

• Russia’s Defense Ministry said units in the “South,” “West,” “East,” “North” and “Dnepr” groupings inflicted heavy Ukrainian losses, including up to 295 personnel in the southern sector, while destroying equipment and depots.
• The ministry reported strikes by aircraft, drones, rockets and artillery against traction substations used for moving weapons by rail, as well as against UAV sites and temporary deployments in 138 locations.
• Belgorod region authorities said Ukrainian fire and drone attacks hit 41 settlements in 24 hours, involving 124 drones, leaving one person dead and six seeking medical care, with homes, enterprises and vehicles damaged.
• Regional officials said a fire at the Afipsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai was caused by falling UAV fragments and was quickly extinguished without injuries, and a drone strike on a pumping station near Konar in Chuvashia halted operations with minor damage reported.
• Ukrainian outlet TSN reported explosions in Zhytomyr, Poltava and Chernihiv during air-raid alerts, and Bryansk’s governor said a man wounded in a September 23 FPV-drone attack in Suzemka has died.