Overview

• The Russian Defense Ministry said air defenses intercepted and destroyed 55 Ukrainian drones overnight across Rostov and Krasnodar regions, Crimea, and the Black and Azov seas.
• Pro‑Russian sources reported strikes on military infrastructure in Kharkiv, Odesa and Cherkasy regions, while a local Ukrainian official in Vinnytsia said critical infrastructure was damaged and rail traffic was halted.
• Russia’s military said artillery and drones destroyed three Ukrainian UAV command posts near the Kleban‑Byk reservoir and later hit two more near Berestok, claiming the loss of several drone crews and related equipment.
• In the Donetsk area, a soldier from Russia’s 3rd Army Corps said an FPV drone destroyed a large ammunition depot in Kostyantynivka, and the Defense Ministry reported additional hits on an M777 howitzer and a 120‑mm mortar.
• Russian statements described failed Ukrainian counterattacks in Sumy and near Synelnykove with casualties and captives, noted a Ukrainian buildup of up to 19 battalions on the Krasnoliman axis, cited ongoing strikes on Kupiansk supply routes, and reported drone attacks repelled in Russia’s Rostov region and in Luhansk.