Ukraine and Russia carried out large-scale overnight drone strikes against each other, leaving at least six people dead in Russia and Russian-occupied Crimea, while Ukrainian air defenses intercepted or suppressed 71 of 92 incoming Russian drones.
Officials said the six fatalities occurred in Belgorod, Perm, and Sevastopol. In the Perm region, located 1,300 kilometers east of Ukraine, a drone struck an apartment building, killing one person and injuring four others. Unverified reports said smoke rose over a nearby industrial area housing defense facilities, including a gunpowder plant and a rocket-engine manufacturing site, with Telegram channels also claiming the Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez oil refinery was hit.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed a broader set of long-range strikes that night, saying Ukrainian forces hit an oil refinery in Ryazan region, oil-processing facilities in Perm and Tatarstan, a drone storage and launch site in Kursk, and a target in the Black Sea.
Russia launched its own overnight assault, firing 92 combat drones — including Shahed-type, Gerbera, Parodiya, and S8000 Banderol systems — from Oryol, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Donetsk, and Hvardiiske. Ukraine’s air defense forces reported intercepting or suppressing 71 of them, with hits recorded at 12 locations and falling debris at another.
