Overview

• Russian forces carried out extensive drone and artillery strikes across Ukraine, damaging infrastructure in cities like Kharkiv and Dnipro and injuring multiple civilians.
• Ukraine's military reported a renewed offensive in Russia's Kursk region, aiming to weaken Russian positions and maintain a strategic buffer zone.
• Ukrainian forces struck a key airfield in Russia's Krasnodar region used for launching Shahed drones, reportedly causing significant damage and a fire.
• The ongoing Kursk operation has inflicted heavy losses on Russian forces, with Ukrainian officials estimating over 16,000 Russian soldiers killed in the last six months.
• Civilians in Kherson and other regions continue to face targeted drone attacks, which Ukraine alleges are deliberate war crimes by Russian forces.