Overview

• Ukrainian media reported new blasts in Kyiv oblast and later in Khmelnytskyi, with air-raid alerts stretching across much of the country.
• Officials on both sides cited intensified activity in Zaporizhzhia, with pro-Russian figures reporting mass artillery on Vasylivka and regional authorities noting multiple explosions in nearby districts.
• Russia’s Defense Ministry said its 'South' grouping killed up to 260 Ukrainian troops and destroyed a tank in the Donetsk region and improved front-line positions, a claim not corroborated by independent sources.
• Russian security sources told RIA that Ukrainian counterattacks on the Sumy axis were repelled, and a Russian UAV commander said drone pressure has sharply curtailed Ukrainian movement in Kupyansk.
• Moldova held parliamentary elections with two polling stations open in Moscow, as Moldovan media and opposition figures alleged organized bussing of voters to sites in EU countries.