Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry says it carried out grouped overnight strikes using long-range precision weapons, including Kinzhal missiles, against Ukrainian defense-industrial sites, energy facilities, a military aerodrome, UAV storage and launch locations, and a repair base.
- Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed a nighttime strike on the Rosneft-owned Saratov oil refinery, reporting a hit and fire at a processing unit, while regional authorities in Russia reported air-defense activity and a temporary airport shutdown.
- Moscow reports its ‘West’ grouping is tightening the encirclement in Kupyansk, citing surrenders, the seizure of positions in the Oskil left-bank industrial zone, and the foiling of breakout attempts near Nechvolodivka and Blahodatovka.
- Russia’s ‘Center’ grouping claims it repelled multiple attacks around Krasnoarmeysk, reporting more than 490 Ukrainian personnel losses in its sector over the day, including up to 225 near the city.
- Belgorod region authorities say more than 120 Ukrainian drones targeted seven districts in the past day, leaving one civilian dead and several injured, while Russian investigative officials report evacuating 300 civilian bodies from Sudzha and finding over 200 bodies of Ukrainian combatants.