President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the mass movement of Russian drones into Poland was a deliberate Kremlin operation, not an accident. He stressed the urgent need for joint European air defense and confirmed Ukraine’s readiness to assist Poland with technology and intelligence.
Law enforcement officers have identified 20 citizens who died as a result of a Russian airstrike on the village of Yarova in the Donetsk region. The identification of four more victims is ongoing.
Russian troops struck Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region with artillery, drones, and aerial bombs; five people were wounded in the attacks, and some of the victims may be trapped under rubble.
Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SOF) have disrupted Russian plans to break through to a key position held by Ukraine’s Defense Forces in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna sector.
Russian forces targeted Ukrainian emergency responders in Kramatorsk with a drone strike, damaging a fire truck. The attack occurred while firefighters were extinguishing a blaze in a residential building.
Counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine has detained a Russian agent who was manufacturing explosive devices for terrorist attacks in Odesa.
In Kremenchuk, Poltava region, car traffic has been restored on the Dnipro River bridge, which was damaged during a Russian attack. Train service across the bridge remains temporarily suspended.