Overview

• Ukraine confirmed its drones struck the Volgograd oil refinery overnight, triggering major fires and prompting a suspension of airport operations.
• Ukrainian General Staff reports also detailed hits on the Syzran Rosneft refinery and on a vessel at Port Olya carrying Iranian UAV components.
• Local Russian authorities in Rostov, Belgorod and Kursk regions said the strikes caused civilian injuries, structural damage and at least one death.
• Moscow says its air defenses downed dozens of Ukrainian drones while the Defence Ministry claimed capture of the settlements of Iskra and Shcherbynivka in Donetsk.
• Kyiv’s commanders state they have stabilized the Dobropillia and Pokrovsk sectors after deploying reinforcements, including Azov units, to halt recent Russian infiltrations.