The day was dominated by a Ukrainian missile strike on Belgorod that killed two and wounded over ten, with state-aligned outlets (RIA Novosti, Interfax) leading with casualties and damage to a thermal power plant and Ozon warehouses, while independent media (Meduza, The Moscow Times) highlighted the strike's impact. Earlier, Russian forces launched massive strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure and logistics, with Lenta.ru reporting on a fire at a military warehouse near Kyiv. In the morning, air defenses repelled drone attacks on Leningrad Oblast, and by afternoon, Sobyanin reported over 1,400 drones targeting Moscow region since August 22. Diplomatic threads included a CIA proposal for a trilateral summit and Erdogan's planned mediation call with Putin.