Overview
- Russia said it carried out retaliatory high-precision strikes, including Kinzhal missiles, on Ukrainian military‑industrial and gas‑energy facilities, while Ukraine’s Centreenergo reported state thermal plants halted generation and Ukrenergo noted rolling outages.
- Ukraine’s digital alert system showed air-raid warnings across the entire country overnight, with extended alerts in Sumy, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
- The Russian Defense Ministry reported shooting down 10 Ukrainian fixed‑wing drones over Crimea between 20:00 and 23:00 Moscow time.
- Authorities in several Russian regions—Kursk, Voronezh, Tula and Penza—announced drone‑attack danger and activated air defenses, with Penza temporarily restricting mobile internet and Novorossiysk later canceling its alert.
- On the battlefield, Russia claimed control of the village of Volchye with significant Ukrainian losses, while Ukrainian strike‑type drones hit Dokuchaevsk in the Donetsk region, damaging homes and sparking a fire.