Overview
- The Russian Defense Ministry said air defenses destroyed 25 Ukrainian drones overnight across six regions, after reporting 43 shootdowns in a three-hour span the previous evening.
- Regional authorities in Penza, Voronezh, Mordovia and Krasnodar Krai announced drone or rocket alerts that were later canceled, while the Rostov governor reported attacks repelled in four districts with no initial casualties.
- Russian operators from the 'Vostok' grouping reported destroying Ukrainian ground robotic supply platforms west of Gulyaypole using FPV and quadcopter-dropped munitions, which they said disrupted local logistics.
- Artillery from the 'Center' grouping struck a Ukrainian UAV control point and an ammunition depot on the Krasnoarmeysk axis with 130 mm M‑46 fire, claiming all identified targets were destroyed.
- Russian security sources told RIA Novosti that a large fuel storage near Nizy in Sumy region burned for hours after being hit, and they reported Ukrainian redeployments near Miropolie and desertions near Gulyaypole.