Overview
- Reuters, citing three sources, reported that Lukoil’s Volgograd refinery halted operations after damage to a CDU-5 unit and a hydrocracking unit, and Ukraine’s General Staff later confirmed a strike that caused explosions and a fire.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defenses downed 11 Ukrainian fixed‑wing drones overnight across Crimea, Bryansk, Kursk and Kaluga regions.
- Russian military reports highlighted extensive use of strike UAVs, including the destruction of a Ukrainian T‑72 near Konstantinivka, a MaxxPro and other armored vehicles, as well as a Bohdana self‑propelled gun and UAV control points on the Zaporizhzhia front.
- Authorities in Russian‑held Kherson region reported civilian harm, including a 76‑year‑old woman killed in Hola Prystan and two people wounded in Zhelezny Port during strikes they attributed to Ukrainian forces.
- Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon killed one civilian near Tyre and hit areas around Taibe and Aita al‑Jabal, as UNIFIL condemned the raids as violations of UNSC Resolution 1701 that undermine political progress.