Overview

• Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces captured Kirovsk in the Donetsk region and took control of Verbove in Dnipropetrovsk, while reporting Ukrainian losses across the Zaporizhzhia sector.
• The ministry added that units of the "Dnepr" grouping destroyed up to 30 Ukrainian troops, vehicles and electronic warfare assets in Zaporizhzhia over the past day.
• Ukraine's public broadcaster and the government's alert map reported air-raid warnings in Kyiv and several regions, with explosions heard in the capital.
• Kharkiv's mayor reported a blast during an air alert, with additional explosions in the city noted by Ukrainian media.
• Poland detained a Ukrainian citizen on a German warrant in the Nord Stream sabotage probe as Russia added Ivan Khripko to its terrorist list after his 20-year conviction, and Russian security sources reported killing a Georgian fighter and striking Ukrainian assault groups in Sumy region.