Ukraine

Almost half of Russia’s oil refineries have been affected by drone and missile strikes.

Near the city registry office in Irpin, a charity concert took place featuring artists from the vocal and instrumental ensemble Unbreakable and the Military brass band of the Honored Academic Exemplary Orchestra of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Yuriy Kasyanov — a Major and aerial-reconnaissance specialist — led a volunteer long-range drone unit famed for daring deep-strike operations, including a strike on Moscow.

Russian night drone and artillery strikes hit Sumy, Poltava, Kharkiv, and Kherson regions, killing one, injuring several, and causing widespread power outages and infrastructure damage.

Ukrainian drone strike Russia’s fourth-largest refinery – the Lukoil refinery in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region, about 800 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.

In the Zaporizhzhia region, the Russian army carried out 702 strikes across 18 settlements, resulting in one death and multiple injuries.

Yuriy Kasyanov, Major in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and his elite drone unit have been disbanded — a move he calls the result of “top-level corruption.” The team, known for successful deep-strike operations, including a drone attack on the Kremlin, operated advanced long-range UAVs developed in-house with volunteer funding.

The extremely inappropriate story about the liquidation of the so‑called “Kasyanov drone unit” has gained wide publicity. Both direct participants and outside commentators are blaming the head of the President’s Office, A. Yermak, readily sidelining the President of Ukraine.

Right now the servicemen of Ukraine’s most effective drone unit are handing over personal property, service vehicles, and are taking unmanned aircraft out into the open — over 100 of them worth more than $1 million.

Yuriy Kasyanov adresses another appeal aiming to save his unit. He wrote that today at 18:00 he will go out to Maidan again so that the President hears him and his people.

Russian military forces launched a large-scale combined aerial assault on Ukraine, marking one of the most intense attacks since the beginning of the war.

Poland scrambled military aircraft in response to Russia’s overnight attack on Ukraine, including strikes on the neighboring Lviv region.