Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said it launched long-range precision strikes against Ukrainian military-industrial facilities and energy infrastructure.
- The ministry described the operation as a response to what it called Ukrainian attacks on civilian infrastructure in Russia.
- Russian air defenses reportedly downed seven HIMARS rockets, five guided aerial bombs and 326 fixed-wing Ukrainian drones in the past 24 hours.
- Officials said a logistics hub and a storage site for Ukrainian drones and components were destroyed, with strikes reported on temporary deployment points in 144 districts.
- The ministry reported gains by Battlegroup Center and claimed heavy Ukrainian losses, figures that could not be independently verified.