Ok genuinely wtf just happened. I have never seen anything like this...

The ghost of Myropillya 😁

Kh-22/32 cruise missile to Odesa from a Tu-22m23 strategic bomber over Sevastopol

Flying to Yuzhnyi Port

Flying past Russian-controlled Kherson Oblast to Ochakiv, Mykolaiv Oblast.

Su-34R over Crimea is conducting reconnaissance.

Kh-22 is entering Kherson Oblast, flying past Stanislav.

Approximate flight route right now

Explosion in Mykolaiv City.

Around 25 minutes ago, a Russian Su-35 fighter jet entered airspace over Ukrainian-controlled territory for the first time in years, launched a Kh-59/69 cruise missile at Sumy City (which impacted), before returning safely to Kursk Oblast.

The Su-35 entered via the village of Turya, flew over the town of Uhroidy, Sumy Oblast, and made a sharp turn north, flying back past Sudzha, Kursk Oblast.

It's possible that it was testing for a Ukrainian air defence response. If so, there was none. And it appears that Russia is now fairly confident that Ukraine does not currently possess any PAC-2/3 interceptor missiles necessary to shoot down their aviation. Additionally, it was known that no Ukrainian tactical aircraft were airborne over Sumy Oblast at the time.

For reference, Russia usually launches Kh-59/69 cruise missiles and KAB glide-bombs from at least 45 km behind the frontline. Recently there were instances of Su-34s launching KABs from unusually close to the frontline in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk Oblasts, including once where it flew within 7 km of the frontline.

However, this is beyond anything I have ever seen, and to my knowledge, hasn't occurred since 2022.

The Russian Ministry of Defence claims that a Russian fighter jet shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 today.

Around 2 hours ago, I reported on an interception attempt carried out by a Russian Su-35 flying near Horlivka, using an R-37/77 air-to-air missile, against a Ukrainian tactical aircraft launching glide-bombs at Kostyantynivka from west of Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast.

It is not known if this is the same event, and the claim made by the Russian MoD remains unconfirmed.

🇷🇺Russia launched 4 Banderol cruise missiles towards Chornomorsk port, Odesa region

~ 1 missile was shot down
~ 3 missiles hit the port area
~ 🔥Fire in the port area

During the day, Russia launched one of their largest ever jet-drone attacks on Ukraine, consisting of more than 75 Geran-4/5 jet-drones.

The main target was Kyiv Oblast, where ~75 drones attacked the region. While most of the drones were shot down by Ukrainian air defence, several impacts were recorded in the city of Brovary, resulting in large fires broke out. Additional Ukrainian air defence assets were deployed to the Brovary area in recent days in response to the repeated Russian attacks.

Additionally, one Geran-4 drone launched from Crimea flew for over 920 km to Rivne Oblast, before being shot down over the southern outskirts of Dubno, Rivne Oblast. This breaks the record for the longest Russian jet-drone flight so far during this war.

Multiple fires seen burning in Zaporizhzhia City this afternoon following a series of Russian Molniya FPV drone strikes.

Russian KAB glide-bombs struck the Kryvyi Rih Therrmal Power Plant in the city of Zelenodolsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, forcing the facility to temporarily suspend power generation.

Overnight, at least four Russian S8000 Banderol cruise missiles attacked Chornomorsk Port, Odesa Oblast.

One of them was shot down by Ukrainian air defence, while the rest impacted, resulting in fires breaking out.

Overnight, two Russian Iskander-M ballistic missiles launched from near Liski, Voronezh Oblast, impacted the town of Krasnopavlivka, Kharkiv Oblast.

One of the two missiles was equipped with a cluster warhead.

Video credit: @falconintel.