Russia and Ukraine have engaged in aerial attacks, resulting in two deaths and numerous injuries on both sides. The Russian military claimed to have seized the villages of Zelenyi Hai and Maliivka in the eastern Donetsk region, while Ukraine’s southern Dnipro and northeastern Sumy regions were hit by a combined rocket and drone attack. The Dnipro regional administration reported at least two deaths and five injuries. In Sumy, the military administration reported three people were injured.
Russia targeted Ukraine with 208 drones and 27 missiles overnight, with preliminary data showing that air defense and electronic warfare took down or intercepted 183 drones and 17 missiles. However, hits from 10 missiles and 25 drones had been recorded in nine locations. Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed that it successfully struck military facilities in Ukraine that manufacture components for missile weapons, ammunition, and explosives. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized the importance of no silence in response to such strikes, stating that Russian military enterprises, Russian logistics, and Russian airports must feel the consequences of the Russian war.
In Russia, Ukrainian drones targeted multiple regions, including the Rostov region, Stavropol region, Moscow, and the Penza region southeast of the capital. Russia’s Defense Ministry said that its air defenses shot down or intercepted a total of 54 Ukrainian drones, including 24 over the Bryansk region, 12 over the Rostov region, six over the Crimean Peninsula, four over the Azov sea, three over the Black Sea, and a few others over the Orlov, Tula, and Belgorod regions.
