Editors led with Ukraine's confirmed Flamingo missile strike on a military electronics plant in Cheboksary, Russia, and the Kuibyshev oil refinery, with Zelensky releasing video evidence. The overnight drone barrage—326 drones—also hit a Samara refinery supplying aviation fuel to the Russian army. By morning, the focus shifted to the aftermath of a massive Russian drone attack on Kharkiv at dawn: 26 strikes, casualties, and fires. The Chongar bridge was reported completely destroyed, though some experts disputed the claim. In the afternoon, a Russian Shahed drone struck a train station in Sumy, and two foreign ships were attacked in the Black Sea. DeepState warned that scaling Russia's southern logistics blockade could alter the war's course. Zelensky announced that the Unmanned Systems Forces inflicted $40 billion in damage on Russian targets over the past year. Parliament approved changes to the 2026 state budget.