Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said troops from the Center grouping took prisoner members of Ukraine’s 68th Jaeger Brigade who surrendered in encircled Krasnoarmeysk.
- According to the ministry, three Ukrainian attempts to break the Krasnoarmeysk encirclement were foiled, 13 de‑blocking attacks from the Grishino area were repelled, 64 buildings were secured in the city, and 19 more in nearby Dimitrov.
- Moscow’s accounts from the Kupyansk front included claims of 25 buildings taken in the city, five Ukrainian pickups destroyed by drones, continuing Ukrainian efforts to relieve the area, and up to 50 Ukrainian personnel killed along with a TMM‑3 bridge system.
- Regional authorities reported overnight drone attacks on Volgograd and the Kostroma GRES that killed one person in Volgograd, triggered emergency measures and a one‑day school closure in Volgorechensk, and prompted alerts in Yaroslavl; the Defense Ministry said 75 drones were shot down over Russia.
- Belgorod’s governor reported more than 40 Ukrainian drones striking eight districts with one fatality, and Russia’s Interior Ministry warned of threats around the Kirillov terror trial, after which a military court closed proceedings.