Overview
- Russia’s Defence Ministry said its forces inflicted about 1,355 Ukrainian casualties in the past day, claiming encirclement actions near Kupyansk and advances around Dimitrov in the Donetsk region.
- Belgorod’s governor reported nearly 90 Ukrainian drones targeted 11 districts in the past 24 hours, with one person killed and several injured in separate incidents across Valuysky and Grayvoron districts.
- Regional authorities in Krasnodar said two foreign civilian vessels were damaged in Tuapse during a nighttime drone raid, with fires extinguished and no crew injuries reported.
- Russia’s air defences reported downing eight fixed‑wing drones over Bryansk and Belgorod during the day, and Volgograd’s governor said a mass UAV attack on energy facilities was repelled without damage.
- Ukrainian outlets reported explosions in Kharkiv and Pavlograd, and Ukraine’s energy ministry said parts of Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions and the city of Zaporizhzhia experienced power outages after blasts.