Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry says surrounded Ukrainian troops in Kupyansk are surrendering, with assault units clearing four fortified positions in the city’s industrial zone on the left bank of the Oskil.
- Moscow reports foiling two breakout attempts near Nechvolodivka and Blahodatovka and cites large daily Ukrainian losses across multiple sectors, figures not independently verified in these dispatches.
- The ministry says it conducted a grouped strike using long‑range precision weapons, including Kinzhal missiles, against Ukrainian military‑industrial sites, an airfield and gas‑energy infrastructure.
- Regional authorities in Belgorod report more than 120 Ukrainian drones over 24 hours with one civilian killed and multiple injuries, followed by fresh attacks that wounded two more people and damaged businesses and homes.
- The governor of Kursk says a strike on a substation in Rylsk cut power to more than 16,000 consumers as air‑raid alerts were later issued across Kyiv and several Ukrainian regions.