Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces seized a major Ukrainian defensive position near Varvarovka in the Zaporizhzhia region after heavy fighting.
- Russian security sources told RIA Novosti a Ukrainian military intelligence (GUR) command post near the village of Zhuklya in Chernihiv region was destroyed, citing officer casualties.
- Moscow’s daily updates claimed heavy Ukrainian losses: more than 300 personnel in the ‘Vostok’ zone, up to 220 in the ‘Zapad’ sector, and targeted ‘Dnepr’ strikes that disrupted rotations and hit UAV control points.
- Russian authorities reported mass drone interceptions, including 94 shot down in three hours and an overnight attack repelled in Rostov region, while regional officials and independent media said Ukrainian UAVs struck an oil depot in Volgograd’s Uryupinsk and targeted sites in Yaroslavl and Tula.
- Ukraine’s DTEK said 20 substations were damaged in Odesa and officials reported blasts in multiple regions, while Kherson’s governor reported a high‑voltage line hit that cut power to about 330,000 people and Belgorod’s governor counted more than 50 cross‑border attacks with one civilian seriously injured.