Overview
- Reuters and Ukraine’s General Staff said a Ukrainian UAV attack damaged key units at Lukoil’s Volgograd plant, stopping operations, while regional officials reported one civilian death in overnight strikes on the city.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defenses downed 11 fixed‑wing Ukrainian drones overnight across Crimea, Bryansk, Kursk and Kaluga regions.
- Russian military accounts reported FPV and other strike drones destroying Ukrainian armor and positions, including a T‑72 near Konstantinivka, a Bohdana self‑propelled gun and UAV control sites in Zaporizhzhia, and multiple vehicles; these battlefield claims lack independent verification.
- Russian sources said strikes in Kharkiv region hit long‑range UAV launch sites and a site used by foreign fighters in Chuhuiv, reports that have not been independently confirmed.
- Videos and statements released by Russia’s Defense Ministry featured Ukrainian POWs alleging orders to monitor and shoot civilians and describing heavy losses, narratives that cannot be independently corroborated.