Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry says assault units are advancing in western Krasnoarmeysk and across industrial and central districts of the city’s western side.
- A Russian unit commander reported Ukrainian forces retreating along the Oskol River in Kupyansk, with fighting continuing in the city’s western areas.
- Moscow released footage claiming the capture of Novoe in Zaporizhzhia, while Ukraine’s Southern Defence Forces said units pulled back from Ravnopolye to preserve personnel.
- G7 foreign ministers urged an immediate ceasefire and proposed the current line of contact as the starting point for negotiations, according to a statement released via Canada’s foreign ministry.
- Russian authorities issued fresh UAV warnings and reported air-defense activity in multiple regions, including active sirens during an attack on Novorossiysk, an overnight shootdown of six drones over Oryol, and new alerts in Saratov and Voronezh.