Overview

• Ukraine’s deputy prime minister Alexey Kuleba said Russian attacks damaged energy sites and rail facilities in Poltava and Sumy, temporarily delaying several intercity trains and cutting power for parts of both cities.
• Ukraine’s Air Force reported Russia launched two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles and 152 drones, while emergency services said a Kharkiv industrial site caught fire with no casualties reported.
• Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its ‘Dnepr’ grouping killed up to 80 Ukrainian troops and destroyed vehicles, artillery and electronic warfare stations across parts of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson; the claims could not be independently verified.
• An online government alert map showed air‑raid warnings across 11 oblasts, including Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Odesa and Mykolaiv, as Russian security sources also claimed Ukrainian losses near Bologivka and Chuhunivka in the Kharkiv sector.
• Related legal and political moves included Russia re‑listing Alexey Arestovych in its wanted database, arrests in a Sheremetyevo theft case targeting returning soldiers, Poland’s foreign minister discussing Nord Stream suspect Volodymyr Zhuravlev with Kyiv, and Georgia charging 13 protesters over an attempted storming of the presidential residence.