Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said assault units are advancing in western Krasnoarmeysk, naming sectors in the city’s central district and industrial zone.
- Russian troops reported Ukrainian forces retreating along the Oskol River in Kupyansk, following earlier claims that the city’s eastern part was taken.
- Ukraine’s Southern Defense Forces confirmed a tactical withdrawal from the area of Ravnopolie in Zaporizhzhia, as Russian military media highlighted the reported capture of Novoe.
- Kursk declared a region-wide drone threat, Voronezh warned of an immediate UAV strike risk, and Orel’s governor said air defenses downed six drones without casualties.
- G7 foreign ministers urged an immediate ceasefire using the existing contact line as a starting point for talks, while President Volodymyr Zelensky imposed sanctions on Timur Mindich and Alexander Tsukerman in the Energoatom probe and Germany’s Friedrich Merz pressed Kyiv for robust anti-corruption action.