Overview

• Russia’s Defense Ministry said it downed 209 Ukrainian drones overnight and into the morning, including large numbers over Kursk, Belgorod and Nizhny Novgorod.
• IAEA teams at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear site reported incoming and outgoing artillery and said two shells struck about 1.25 km from the plant’s perimeter, drawing a safety warning from Rafael Grossi.
• Ukrainian outlets and a Brave 1 video describe new 5.56 mm “Horoshok” cartridges for NATO-standard rifles that fragment to hit small UAVs at roughly 50 meters, with use requiring quick detection, magazine changes and often multiple shots.
• President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian missiles and drones used over the weekend contained more than 100,000 foreign-made components and he publicly named countries he accused of failing to block such supplies.
• Kyiv reported that its drones again targeted a Russian oil installation as part of ongoing retaliatory strikes.