Overview

• Ukraine reports at least three people killed and dozens injured, including after a cluster‑munition missile struck an apartment block in Dnipro.
• The Air Force says it intercepted 552 drones and 31 missiles, claiming 583 aerial targets neutralized across multiple regions.
• Strikes were reported in Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava, Kyiv, Odesa, Sumy and Kharkiv, damaging homes, services and industrial sites.
• Russia says its defenses downed 149 Ukrainian drones and that a drone attack in Samara killed four people, as cross‑border strikes persisted.
• Zelensky thanked air defenders and highlighted F‑16 pilots’ role, and he seeks tougher sanctions and plans talks with U.S. leaders at the UN next week.