Overview
- Russia’s transport ministry reported roughly 400 flight cancellations by early evening, including 171 at Sheremetyevo and 90 at Pulkovo, as authorities imposed safety restrictions.
- Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said six Ukrainian drones were shot down near the capital and local officials suspended operations at regional airports in Ivanovo, Kaluga, Kirov, Pskov and Tambov.
- Russian drone and missile attacks injured civilians in Kyiv and Kharkiv and damaged port power infrastructure in Mykolaiv and civilian vehicles in Kostyantynivka.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced agreements with European allies and a leading US defense firm to deliver “hundreds of thousands” more UAVs this year to expand Ukraine’s deep-strike capabilities.
- Russian authorities claimed capture of Piddubne in Donetsk and Sobolivka in Kharkiv regions, though independent confirmation of these territorial gains is pending.