Overnight Moscow claimed a mass drone assault of more than 600 UAVs while Ukrainian outlets reported strikes on military industry in Bashkortostan, including a chemical complex and a plant described as Russia's sole producer of a body-armor component. Kyiv logged repeated air alerts.
Attention shifted to Oleshky, where officials said a 54-hour silence held with no violations, access routes were demined and humanitarian delivery and evacuation were set for Friday until 14:00, with Ukrainian, U.S. and Russian representatives arriving at the staging point. Skepticism persisted over Russian intentions and use of the pause to fortify.
Midday a Russian jet drone hit the platform at Dnipro railway station beside passenger trains, killing 14 and wounding 14, including a child. Zelensky warned of prepared ballistic strikes; by evening ballistics hit Kyiv's Darnytskyi district, damaging warehouses and housing and killing one.