Overview
- Ukrainian operators Ukrenergo and Centrenergo said Russian strikes forced all state thermal power plants to halt generation, triggering widespread outages across multiple regions.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry reported control of a bakery industrial site in eastern Kupyansk and progress along Dzerzhinsky Street, saying assault units continued attacks on an encircled Ukrainian grouping.
- In the Donetsk sector, Russian forces said they repelled seven breakout attempts from the Grishino area toward Krasnoarmeysk and Dimitrov, while Denis Pushilin claimed some Ukrainian troops tried to escape in civilian clothes.
- Moscow’s daily summaries cited heavy Ukrainian losses, including more than 130 personnel in the “Sever” zone and up to 70 in the “Dnepr” area, alongside destroyed vehicles, artillery pieces and a U.S.-made AN/TPQ-36 radar.
- Separately, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily stayed a lower-court order mandating full November SNAP payments, permitting the Trump administration to proceed with partial funding during the appeal.