Overview

• Russia’s Defense Ministry reported intercepting 114 Ukrainian UAVs overnight across ten regions and over the Black and Azov seas, including large numbers over Rostov and Krasnodar.
• Crimean officials said three people were killed and sixteen wounded in a drone attack near Foros, while State Duma deputies accused Kyiv of prohibited tactics and threatened reprisals.
• Regional authorities reported additional civilian harm, with one man dead and 14 people injured, including a one-year-old, after strikes in the Zaporizhzhia region.
• Russia’s military described counter-drone actions in the Donetsk area, saying FPV operators downed R-18 and LF 240 UAVs and that three Ukrainian drone command points were destroyed near Konstantinivka and Ivanopil.
• Germany’s interior minister outlined plans to integrate police and military counter-UAV systems and the Bundeswehr intends to test loitering munitions later this year, as Russian engineers reported clearing unexploded ATACMS submunitions in LNR.