Overview
- Regional authorities said air-defense units repelled multiple UAVs over the Volgograd area, where falling debris ignited the Frolovskaya electrical substation and emergency crews were dispatched.
- Rostov governor Yuri Slyusar reported drones destroyed or intercepted overnight in the Chertkovsky and Sholokhovsky districts with no damage on the ground and no casualties.
- ‘Drone danger’ alerts were issued in Orenburg and Tatarstan, and Penza introduced the same regime with temporary restrictions on mobile internet for public safety.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry highlighted electronic‑warfare actions, crediting junior sergeant Vadim Volov with suppressing seven FPV drones to cover an assault and noting sapper Denis Frolov downed an incoming FPV quadcopter.
- Russian security sources told RIA Novosti that a strike destroyed a temporary reserve point of Ukraine’s 3rd heavy mechanized brigade near Zelenyi Hai in Kharkiv region, a claim not independently confirmed in these reports.