Overview
- Russia’s defense ministry said air defenses downed 38 Ukrainian drones over Belgorod, Voronezh and Crimea, and Moscow’s mayor reported two additional UAVs shot down en route to the capital.
- Regional officials and local footage indicated overnight drone attacks damaged a thermal power plant in Orel and an electrical substation near Vladimir, with debris reported in Yaroslavl near an oil refinery.
- Russian security sources told TASS their forces captured Novoaleksandrovka, positioning them closer to the Ukrainian defensive hub at Pokrovskoye, a battlefield claim not independently verified in the coverage.
- Ukrainian authorities reported extended air-raid alerts and explosions in multiple regions including the Kyiv area, Sumy and Cherkasy, citing air-defense activity.
- Moscow highlighted recent tests of the Poseidon and Burevestnik systems while Belarus said the Oreshnik missile will go on combat duty in December, as the UN human rights office condemned US strikes on vessels in the Caribbean and the Miami Herald reported the US could target sites inside Venezuela.