Overview
- Assault units from Russia’s ‘Zapad’ grouping say they are clearing western Kupyansk along the Oskol River, including fighting on Prioskolnaya Street and strikes on nearby forested positions.
- Russian security sources report Ukrainian withdrawals around Volchansk in Kharkiv region, with three servicemembers from Ukraine’s 57th brigade taken prisoner and a failed 225th regiment push near Andriivka in Sumy.
- Russia’s ‘Vostok’ grouping claims it captured Novoe in Zaporizhzhia region after destroying up to ten Ukrainian armored vehicles, with additional accounts of urban clearing in recent MoD videos.
- Regional authorities in Russia announced heightened drone threats and interceptions, including an all‑region alert in Kursk, an immediate warning in Voronezh, two UAVs downed in Rostov region, and several targets destroyed over Oryol with debris damage reported.
- A Russian UAV developer said a reconnaissance drone shot down near Chasiv Yar was assembled from NATO‑made components, and state media reported the new ‘troops of unmanned systems’ branch is being staffed and expanded through 2025, as G7 ministers called for an immediate ceasefire using the current front line as a starting point for talks.