Overview

• Russia's Defense Ministry said its West grouping improved positions in Kharkiv and Donetsk areas, claiming over 230 Ukrainian personnel killed and the destruction of HMMWVs, vehicles, electronic‑warfare stations and ammunition depots.
• The ministry reported its Dnepr grouping killed up to 35 Ukrainian servicemen in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson and struck an electronic‑warfare site and an ammunition storage facility.
• Assault units were described as pushing Ukrainian forces from Chasiv Yar toward Kostiantynivka, and a pro‑Moscow official said Russian troops took the eastern part of Poltavka in Zaporizhzhia, forcing Ukrainian units behind the Yančur river.
• Ukraine issued air‑raid alerts in Kyiv and multiple regions, with explosions reported in Odesa, while Belgorod's governor said more than 150 Ukrainian drones and nearly 60 munitions hit Russian border districts, injuring civilians and damaging property.
• Russia's special envoy said negotiations with Kyiv are on pause, and security services announced treason arrests in the Penza region as cross‑border strikes and information‑war claims continued.