Overview

• Russia’s Defense Ministry said its Vostok grouping captured Alekseevka and reported strikes across multiple sectors, including a UAV attack that destroyed a machine‑gun position and a pickup near Zvanivka in Donetsk.
• The ministry reported Ukrainian losses of more than 460 personnel in the Center sector, up to 290 in the East, up to 220 in the West, and up to 80 in the Dnepr area, along with destroyed equipment including US‑made M777 howitzers.
• President Volodymyr Zelensky established an Odesa city military administration and appointed Serhii Lysak to lead it, with the decree published after the move to strip Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov of Ukrainian citizenship.
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia will continue the operation until its goals are achieved and attributed the pause in talks to European encouragement of Kyiv’s war policy.
• Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Western leaders lack the political will for peace and alleged Kyiv is preparing attacks potentially involving US Tomahawk missiles, a subject of ongoing debate in Washington.