Overview

• The Ukrainian Air Force reported 537 strike drones and 45 missiles launched overnight, with air defenses neutralizing most but recording strikes and debris across multiple sites.
• Zaporizhzhia authorities said at least one person was killed and at least 24 were injured, including children, with damage to homes and infrastructure and power cut to roughly 25,000 residents as 14 regions reported impacts.
• Ukraine said its drones struck Russia’s Krasnodar and Syzran oil refineries to disrupt fuel supplies, reporting fires and explosions as Russian officials claimed air defenses shot down incoming drones.
• Poland’s armed forces raised air defenses to maximum alert and scrambled allied fighter jets as Russian projectiles approached, reflecting broader NATO air readiness near Ukraine.
• European leaders vowed to tighten sanctions and convened emergency diplomacy after the earlier deadly Kyiv strike, while the U.S. approved an $825 million sale including extended-range missiles and separately cleared $179 million in Patriot sustainment for Ukraine.