Overview
- Video-verified flames and one injury were reported at Saratov’s Rosneft refinery after an overnight drone strike, the latest in a series of attacks this year confirmed by the regional governor and OSINT group ASTRA.
- Romania’s defense ministry said troops recovered possible drone fragments about five kilometers from the Ukrainian border near Tulcea after strikes around the Danube port of Izmail prompted an alert in the area.
- Russia is piloting a 24-hour suspension of mobile internet and SMS on SIM cards entering from abroad to verify they are not used in drones, while Ulyanovsk announced permanent mobile internet blackouts around unspecified strategic sites.
- Moscow is deploying reservists to guard energy infrastructure, with media reporting the first unit active around St. Petersburg as repeated Ukrainian attacks target oil assets deep inside Russia.
- Germany’s push to field loitering munitions has hit delays after poor test results for start-up systems such as Stark’s, with procurement timelines flagged as at risk, while Russia’s FSB publicized an unverified claim about a thwarted MiG-31 plot targeting a NATO base.