Overview

• Russia’s Defence Ministry said its forces captured Kuzminovka in the Donetsk region and released footage showing a drone‑ and artillery‑assisted assault.
• Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported air defenses shot down a drone headed toward Moscow, as emergency crews worked at the debris site.
• Authorities issued drone-attack alerts across multiple regions, with Tula’s governor saying eight drones were downed overnight and Belgorod reporting energy infrastructure damage that left about 40,000 without power plus two localized fires.
• The ministry highlighted attack-UAV operations by the ‘Center’ grouping against Ukrainian personnel and fortifications, and said artillery disrupted a rotation point in Dnipropetrovsk region.
• A Russian field officer claimed a Dnepr grouping destroyed a US-made Bradley in Kherson and more than 50 M777 howitzers over time, while state media reported Ukrainian drone-unit disbandments and a foreign ‘Flash’ UAV battalion based on unnamed sources and social media posts.