Russia carries out large-scale overnight and multi-day drone attacks against Ukraine, with Kyiv reporting high interception rates but some drones reaching multiple locations. One reported assault involves 272 unmanned aerial vehicles overnight, with air defenses intercepting or suppressing most targets; 19 strike drones bypass defenses and hit 11 places, including an industrial facility in Zaporizhzhia where two enterprise employees die. Another attack described by Kyiv involves 229 drones, launched from several directions; Ukrainian air defenses down or electronically suppress most of the UAVs, while 14 strike drones hit 11 locations, including a fatal strike in Koriukivka in Chernihiv region.

Across the reporting, Russia’s drone activity is described as record-level in scale, including nearly 1,500 drones and missiles in a 24-hour period and claims by Russian authorities of destroying thousands of Ukrainian drones. Kyiv and other sources also report that the attacks coincide with renewed peace efforts. Separately, Ukraine is reported to carry out drone strikes on Russian energy-related targets, including fuel facilities in Yaroslavl Oblast. In response to Ukraine’s earlier drone attack on Moscow, Russia signals potential escalation.