Daily brief
Ukraine launched drone strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, hitting a Lukoil oil refinery in Nizhny Novgorod and the Baltic port of Primorsk, causing fires and disrupting air traffic over Finland. The attacks also targeted a Crimean air base and the TurkStream gas pipeline, escalating pressure on Russian oil and logistics facilities. Russia reported downing 148 Ukrainian drones in three hours and said eight people were injured in strikes on Novorossiysk.
Explosives were discovered on a key gas pipeline for Hungary; Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán directed suspicion at Ukraine, raising political tensions shortly before the country's elections.
A Ukrainian drone attack sank a Russian cargo vessel in the Azov Sea; the ship was reportedly carrying wheat, and at least one crew member was killed.
Ukraine charged a Russian soldier with the gunpoint deportation of 15 children.
Kyiv plans to ask the US for Patriot missiles, and Budanov confirmed that allies have requested Ukraine halt strikes on Russian refineries.