Russia launched 57 drones into Ukraine. Zaporizhzhia and the frontline territories were under attack, according to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Russians launched attack drones and imitator drones from four directions of Oryol,

Shahed-style drones are deadly systems that Russia has been using to strike Ukrainian cities for nearly three years.

Russia's drone attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure have begun to target military recruitment centers, according to a data analyst group. Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) said Russia began to hit enlistment centers in recent weeks in a concerted effort to disrupt Ukraine's mobilization.

Russia now controls more than two-thirds of Ukraine’s Donetsk region — the main theater of the ground war. Russian forces have carved out a 10-mile-deep pocket around the Ukrainian troops defending the crucial city of Kostiantynivka, partly surrounding them from the east, south and west.