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Russia Claims Capture in Zaporizhzhia and Oskil Crossing Strike as Power Crises Worsen

Kyiv weighs evacuations from unheated buildings following widespread outages on both sides of the front.

Overview

  • Russia’s Defense Ministry said its East grouping seized the village of Zhovtneve in Zaporizhzhia as forces pressed deeper into Ukrainian defenses.
  • The ministry reported that Russian Aerospace Forces used FAB‑500 glide bombs to destroy a Ukrainian crossing over the Oskil River near Osynove in Kharkiv region.
  • Units of the North grouping said TOS‑1A systems wiped out 10 Ukrainian strongpoints and personnel near Volchanskiye Khutora and Pechenihy.
  • Weekly updates from the South and West groupings claimed more than 2,480 Ukrainian troop losses and significant equipment destroyed in the Donetsk and Kupiansk areas.
  • Energy strains escalated as a Kyiv city council member raised possible relocation from buildings lacking heat and power, over 76,000 subscribers in Russian‑controlled Zaporizhzhia remained without electricity after a strike, Rostov region reported a repelled air attack with no casualties, and Bryansk authorities said MLRS fire hit energy sites causing outages.