Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said assault units in Kupyansk cleared at least 25 buildings in the past day, with a later update citing seven more buildings and the completion of clearing a feed plant.
- In Krasnoarmeysk (Dimitrov), the ministry reported that surrounded troops from Ukraine’s 68th jaeger brigade surrendered and that 13 relief attacks and three breakout attempts by the 425th assault regiment were repelled.
- The ministry added that its forces freed 64 buildings in the Krasnoarmeysk area over the day and took two prisoners, while separate commentary from a pro‑Russian military analyst claimed advances near Red Lyman.
- Daily tallies from Russian commands stated up to 95 Ukrainian personnel were killed in the Donetsk sector and up to 45 in the Dnepr sector, figures that could not be independently verified in the reports.
- Overnight, Ukrainian drones struck the LUKOIL refinery in Volgograd and the Kostroma GRES power plant, with regional officials reporting damage and one death, as Russia said its air defenses downed 75 drones and issued a drone threat alert in Yaroslavl; Ukraine later declared a nationwide air‑raid alert.