Overview

• The Russian Defense Ministry reported improved positions for its Center, West, East, South and Dnepr groupings and claimed daily Ukrainian losses totaling hundreds of personnel, a tank and Western armored vehicles, including Bradleys.
• Russian and pro-Russian officials cited localized gains, including a push from Chasiv Yar toward Kostyantynivka in Donetsk and control of the eastern part of Poltavka on the Huliaipole axis in Zaporizhzhia.
• Ukraine’s official alert map showed repeated air-raid warnings in Kyiv and parts of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions, with local outlets reporting explosions in Odesa and Konotop.
• Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said Ukrainian forces launched more than 150 drones across the Russian border region in 24 hours, injuring civilians and damaging homes and vehicles in several districts.
• Ukraine’s Security Service named Russian Maj. Gen. Vladimir Omelyanovych as the officer it alleges coordinated the 2023 Kakhovka dam demolition and said it is pursuing a war-crimes case.