Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said its South grouping captured Svyato-Pokrovskoe in Donetsk and reported repelling a Ukrainian push near Grishino, citing heavy Ukrainian losses across several sectors.
- The ministry described combined attacks in recent days on Ukrainian aerodromes, ports, energy facilities and drone-production sites, as Ukrainian media reported an explosion and air-raid alerts in Kharkiv.
- Rostov region governor Yuriy Slyusar reported explosions in Novoshakhtinsk from an aerial attack with no casualties, noting emergency crews responded and rocket danger was declared for a period.
- Russia’s North grouping operating along the Sumy–Kharkiv axis claimed improved positions and up to 265 Ukrainian casualties in a day, while Russian security sources said Ukrainian units pulled back in Sumy’s Krasnopillia district.
- Russian courts announced in‑absentia sentences for Ukrainian officers, including Vladimir Tokarev (13 years) and senior figures Eduard Moskalyov and Alexei Dmitrashkovsky (28 and 26 years), and Rosatom’s chief accused Ukraine of shelling near Enerhodar to intimidate Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant staff.