Overview
- Ukrainian long‑range drones targeted an industrial facility in Sterlitamak, 1,300 kilometers from the border, with regional officials saying drones were downed and a separate blast damaged a plant’s water‑treatment unit.
- Russia launched seven missiles and about 130 attack and decoy drones overnight, with Ukrainian officials reporting one person killed and 11 injured in Dnipropetrovsk, including two children.
- Explosions were reported in an industrial area of Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region as Moscow claimed to have intercepted 85 Ukrainian drones across several regions.
- The Institute for the Study of War said Russian forces continue to advance toward Pokrovsk and appear increasingly active inside the city as heavy urban combat persists.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said additional German‑provided Patriot systems are now in operation, and the U.S. ambassador to NATO discussed accelerating PAC‑2 and PAC‑3 deliveries during meetings in Kyiv.