Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said aviation, strike drones, rocket forces and artillery hit Ukraine’s defense-industrial sites plus energy, transport and storage facilities in 144 areas, and reported 29 drones downed.
- The ministry claimed about 1,285 Ukrainian personnel were lost over the past day, figures that could not be independently verified from the provided reports.
- Russian security sources told RIA Novosti that 13 soldiers from Ukraine’s 119th Territorial Defense Brigade surrendered near Vysokoye in Sumy region after Moscow previously announced taking the locality.
- Ukrainian officials and local media reported Russian forces entered the border village of Grabovskoye in Sumy region and moved roughly 50 residents into Russia for so‑called filtration; Kyiv’s ombudsman called it a grave breach of humanitarian law.
- RDIF head Kirill Dmitriev described Miami contacts with US representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner as constructive, while Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov emphasized adherence to earlier Anchorage understandings; separately, the Czech government said its artillery‑shell initiative will be decided after Prime Minister Andrej Babiš consults experts.