Overview

• TASS, citing Russian electronic intelligence through analyst Andrey Marochko, says pressure has increased near Kucherovka, Petropavlovka and Peschanoe east of Kupyansk.
• The same report states that Ukrainian soldiers complained to officers about Russian advances and asked Kyiv to commit command reserves due to personnel shortfalls.
• Russia’s Defense Ministry previously asserted that units of the Zapad grouping are meeting objectives in the city and claimed a partial blockade of Ukrainian forces.
• RIA Novosti reports the ministry said the Southern grouping detected a Ukrainian UAV control point near the Kleban‑Byk reservoir and destroyed it using 152‑mm Msta‑B artillery.
• The ministry also claimed an FPV‑drone unit struck a temporary Ukrainian deployment site in the Konstantinovka sector, with no independent confirmation offered for these battlefield reports.