Overview
- Chief of the General Staff Valeriy Gerasimov said Russian forces are advancing on nearly all directions in the special operation zone.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry reported strikes on a Ukrainian defense enterprise, energy infrastructure and long‑range UAV assembly and storage sites in 157 locations, and said air defenses downed more than 100 drones overnight.
- Official daily summaries claimed improved positions and heavy Ukrainian losses across multiple sectors, including more than 445 personnel in the Center sector, up to 135 in the South and up to 235 in the North.
- Chuvashia’s authorities said 14 people, including a child, were injured in Cheboksary after drones damaged residential buildings; traffic was restricted, an assistance center opened and an on‑site operational headquarters was formed under a regional emergency regime.
- Ukrainian regional officials reported electricity outages in parts of Sumy and the Zaporizhzhia region after overnight strikes, with separate shelling disrupting power in Kamyanka‑Dneprovskaya; many battlefield figures cited in reports come from Russian official sources and are not independently verified.