Overview
- Krasnodar regional authorities said drone debris ignited an oil tanker and damaged port infrastructure at Russia’s Black Sea port of Tuapse, reporting crew evacuation and no injuries as images of the fires circulated without independent verification.
- Ukrainian officials reported at least six civilian deaths over the past day, including two children in Dnipropetrovsk and two people in Odesa, with tens of thousands losing electricity after strikes on the Zaporizhzhia region’s grid.
- Ukraine’s Air Force said it shot down or jammed 67 of 79 attack drones in the latest assault, with additional impacts recorded in several locations and air activity still ongoing in the morning.
- Fighting for Pokrovsk intensified as Ukraine’s commander-in-chief said forces are holding the city and have deployed special operations units, while Russia claimed to have killed a helicopter-borne team and to be enclosing the area, assertions Kyiv disputes.
- Ukraine’s military intelligence said it struck the Koltsevoy fuel pipeline near Moscow and Ukrainian sources pointed to damage at Tuapse’s oil terminal, as Russia’s Defense Ministry reported intercepting large numbers of Ukrainian drones over Crimea and the Black Sea.