Ukrainian strikes hit Russian aerospace sites as frontline battles surge

Ukrainian forces launched drone and missile attacks targeting Russian defense and industrial infrastructure across multiple regions, including Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Penza, and Rostov. Regional officials in Samara confirmed a strike on an industrial facility, while satellite imagery showed damage to the Progress Rocket Space Centre—responsible for Soyuz launch vehicles—and the adjacent Aviakor aircraft repair plant.

Concurrently, intensity on the frontline escalated sharply, with Ukraine's General Staff reporting 254 combat engagements in a single day. Heavy Russian assaults occurred in the Lyman and Kostyantynivka sectors. Russian troops also expanded control south of Dobropillia in the Pokrovsk sector and pressed forward near Kupiansk, aiming to divide Ukrainian positions along the Oskil River. Separately, Russian forces launched a missile strike against a major Ukrainian metallurgical enterprise.

Sources: Mediazona, Point, The Insider, Радіо Свобода, Українська правда.