Overview
- Russian commanders said assault units in Kupyansk cleared Lesi Ukrainky Street and are fighting on the city’s southern edge, with TASS citing the ‘Zapad’ grouping’s claim of up to 50 Ukrainian fighters killed in a day and more than 210 losses across its sector.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry reported its ‘Vostok’ forces completed the capture of Uspenovka in Zaporizhia and continued pushing into Ukrainian defensive lines.
- Overnight drone and missile strikes hit multiple Ukrainian regions, with local authorities reporting damage to thermal power facilities, widespread power cuts including a blackout in Kremenchuk, and casualties in Dnipro.
- Explosions were reported in Sumy and Kyiv during air alerts, while Russian officials said Ukrainian drones struck several regions, injuring three workers at a Bryansk industrial site and prompting temporary flight restrictions at airports in several cities.
- After meeting President Trump in Washington, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán said the U.S. exempted Russian energy flows via TurkStream and Druzhba and lifted sanctions on Paks‑2, as Trump said there was a chance of a meeting with Vladimir Putin and avoided a direct answer on Hungarian purchases of Russian oil.