Overview

• Ukraine’s General Staff said Unmanned Systems Forces hit the Afipsky oil refinery overnight in Russia’s Krasnodar region, describing the strike as part of efforts to reduce the enemy’s offensive potential.
• The IAEA reported a drone was downed and detonated about 800 meters from the South Ukraine nuclear plant, noting 22 drones in the monitoring zone and no damage to the facility.
• Ukraine’s Air Force said defenses neutralized 128 of 154 Russian strike drones launched overnight from multiple directions, with 26 confirmed impacts across nine locations.
• Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said the front has stretched to roughly 1,250 km as Russia employs ‘thousand cuts’ small-group assaults, while Ukraine reports reclaiming and securing about 360 square kilometers through recent counteroperations.
• Border regions face hundreds of daily attacks, officials said, and Kupiansk’s administration described the situation as critical with sabotage groups infiltrating and key services collapsed.