Overview
- Belgorod authorities reported three civilians injured, including two 15-year-old brothers and a man in separate FPV drone incidents, with cars and buildings damaged and a fire truck struck during firefighting.
- Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said repeated attacks on the Belgorod reservoir dam have forced a continued partial water release more than a week after initial damage.
- In the Rostov region, two people were wounded and several homes were damaged in a drone strike, while the Volgograd governor said air defenses repelled UAVs targeting energy facilities without casualties or damage.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry released footage of Ukrainian servicemen surrendering in Kupyansk, and security sources reported three soldiers from the 57th Ukrainian brigade gave up in the Kharkiv region.
- A search is underway in Belgorod for a detainee accused of serious crimes who escaped custody, and recovery teams in the Luhansk region reported exhuming nine more sets of remains near Severodonetsk for DNA identification and reburial.