Russia drops aerial bombs on Ukraine’s Sumy, killing two children and a woman. In Mykolaiv, a Russian strike kills one woman.

Russia struck civilian areas in Sumy and Mykolaiv overnight, Meduza reports. In Sumy, guided aerial bombs killed two girls, ages five and ten, and an elderly woman after their home collapsed; four others sought treatment for acute stress. In Mykolaiv, a strike on a residential area killed an eighty-nine-year-old woman and injured seven, including two young girls, per Ukraine's State Emergency Service. Ukraine's Air Force said Russia also launched an Iskander-M ballistic missile and one hundred thirty-six attack drones overnight, of which one hundred seventeen were shot down or jammed.

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