Overview

• Sirens were activated across all regions for a second time since midnight, according to Ukraine’s digital transformation ministry map.
• Ukrainian outlets reported blasts in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast, Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi and Sumy, with Zaporizhzhia authorities citing damage to critical infrastructure.
• Russia’s defense ministry said air defenses intercepted 41 fixed-wing UAVs over Kursk, Bryansk, Belgorod, Tula, Yaroslavl, Rostov, Novgorod and Samara, while governors in Tula and Rostov reported nighttime shootdowns without injuries.
• RussRussian military reported destroying three Ukrainian UAV control nodes near Stepanovka using artillery and a TOS-1A and said FPV operators downed enemy drones near the Kramatorsk-Druzhkovka sector.
• Russian security sources also claimed repelled Ukrainian counterattacks near Sumy and heavy losses near Synelnykove, which could not be independently verified, as Western reports describe Russia expanding drone “zones of effect” using relay platforms.