The day opened with a massive Russian overnight strike on Kyiv, with state-aligned outlets reporting hits on military targets while independent sources documented 11 civilian deaths. By morning, a blackout hit Crimea after Ukrainian attacks on infrastructure. Attention then shifted to an unprecedented Ukrainian drone strike on the Omsk oil refinery, over 2,500 km from the border—the first such deep strike, covered extensively by independent and some state media. State-aligned outlets framed it as desperation ahead of the NATO summit, while reporting over 600 drones repelled. Throughout the day, the Putin-Trump call continued to receive positive coverage in state media, with Trump described as open to Russia's position. Other stories included the search for missing girls in Tuva and a drone attack on the Kursk nuclear plant construction site.