Overview

• Ukraine deep-struck the Marinovka airfield in Russia’s Volgograd region, destroying two Su-34 fighter-bombers and damaging two others.
• Russian forces unleashed a barrage of 477 drones and 60 missiles against targets across Ukraine during an overnight assault.
• A drone strike on Odessa killed at least two civilians and injured six more, damaging homes and infrastructure.
• The Ukrainian Air Force confirmed that an F-16 pilot was killed while intercepting the Russian aerial attacks.
• Moscow’s massing of over 110,000 troops near Pokrovsk heightens fears of an imminent major ground offensive.