Overview
- Overnight, Russian air defenses and electronic warfare units reported intercepting large numbers of Ukrainian UAVs, with the defense ministry citing 85 destroyed nationwide and regional officials noting debris damage in Oryol, Rostov and Nizhny Novgorod, plus an attack on energy infrastructure near Vladimir.
- In Oryol, authorities reported eight damaged homes and broken windows in an apartment building with no casualties, while Nizhny Novgorod and Rostov officials said assessments were underway and assistance would be provided to affected residents.
- The defense ministry said Ukrainian forces lost about 1,300 personnel in the past day and reported strikes near Konstantinovka that destroyed a tank, a D-20 artillery piece, two mortar crews and an armored vehicle.
- The ministry characterized the situation for encircled Ukrainian groupings at Kupyansk and Krasnoarmeysk/Dimitrov as critical and urged surrender, stating that attempts to break out are being suppressed.
- Separate developments included Russian courts opening trials over bombings that killed Generals Yaroslav Moskalik and Igor Kirillov, reports of civilian casualties from shelling in Kherson and injuries in Horlivka, and the WHO reporting at least 27 dead and more than 850 injured after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in northern Afghanistan.