- Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Kyiv had struck two more oil facilities deep inside Russia , intensifying efforts to cripple Moscow 's wartime economy.
- The targeted facilities included a refinery in Bashkortostan, over 1,300 kilometres behind the eastern front line, and another in the Yaroslavl region.
- Ukrainian forces also reportedly hit two Russian military patrol boats and vessels from Moscow’s 'shadow fleet' in the Black Sea .
- Russia's Defence Ministry claimed its air defences shot down 605 Ukrainian drones overnight across several Russian regions, Crimea , and the Black and Azov seas.
- Meanwhile, Russian drone and glide bomb attacks killed at least three civilians and wounded 22 in Ukraine, prompting Zelensky to urge allies for more vital air defence interceptors.
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