Overview
- Afghanistan’s health ministry, cited by Reuters, raised the earthquake toll to at least 20 dead and more than 300 injured after a magnitude 6.3 quake centered near Mazar‑i‑Sharif, with damage including partial collapse at the Blue Mosque and a landslide blocking the Balkh–Samangan road.
- Tajikistan’s emergency committee said the tremors reached 4 points in Dushanbe with no casualties or destruction reported, underscoring the quake’s regional reach.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said surrounded Ukrainian troops in Kupyansk are surrendering, and a captured soldier described depleted supplies, broken communications and using a white flag to give up as conditions worsened.
- Investigators working in Sudzha, Kursk region, reported more than 300 bodies removed and handed to relatives, 112 exhumations documented, and a forensic finding that a woman discovered during searches died from explosive trauma.
- Belgorod’s regional hub reported over 120 Ukrainian drone attacks in 24 hours, with one woman killed, multiple people wounded and damage to homes, vehicles and facilities; separately, authorities noted ongoing shelling of left‑bank Kherson areas and air‑raid alerts across Kyiv and nine Ukrainian regions.