Overview
- Ukrainian drones reportedly targeted Novorossiysk’s Sheskharis oil terminal, with regional officials citing injuries and widespread residential damage as fires were recorded near the port facility.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defenses downed 172 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea, Krasnodar and other regions, figures that could not be independently verified and followed reports of drones over Crimea and Belgorod.
- Ukraine’s General Staff said its forces struck a long‑range space communications center near Vityno and multiple radar systems in occupied areas, and the SSU’s Alpha unit claimed hits on air defenses and oil‑loading piers at Novorossiysk port.
- Ukraine reported shooting down most of two successive nightly waves of Russian attack drones (84 of 94, then 127 of 136), though several reached targets, including damage to Odesa port and a commuter train strike in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast that killed one and injured children.
- Fighting remained intense with 145 then 152 daily frontline clashes and the heaviest pressure around Huliaipole, as Kyiv reported localized gains in Zaporizhzhia and said U.S.‑brokered talks with Russia were still expected this week even as the venue may change.