Overview

• The Defense Ministry said overnight strikes targeted Ukrainian special-operations personnel and foreign fighters in the Odessa region near Tatarbunary and Rasseyka.
• It reported destroying drone storage at the Shkolny airfield and striking Motor Sich workshops it says assembled strike UAVs.
• Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said air defenses downed additional drones approaching the capital, reporting four overnight and one more later in the day.
• The ministry claimed improved positions near Kupyansk and Kirovsk and said Ukrainian forces suffered more than 230 personnel losses along with destroyed equipment.
• At the UN Security Council, Polish leaders warned that any aircraft or missiles violating NATO airspace would be shot down, as UK and US officials reaffirmed defense commitments.