Overview

• Russian General Staff chief Valery Gerasimov said forces are conducting offensive operations across several fronts, including fighting for Primorsk and Stepnohorsk in the Zaporizhzhia area and pressing in Kupyansk, with most of Yampil reported under Russian control.
• The Defense Ministry reported strikes on a railway traction substation and rolling stock used to redeploy Ukrainian units, as well as on military airfield infrastructure and drone assembly and storage sites.
• Ukraine’s online alert system signaled an air‑raid warning in Kyiv late Tuesday, and Ukrainian public broadcaster Hromadske reported two nighttime explosions in Cherkasy and on the city’s outskirts.
• Ukrainian soldiers interviewed by Estonia’s ERR described a deteriorating situation at the front due to continuous losses and shortages of experienced personnel.
• Russia’s Investigative Committee opened a terrorism case after the reported Ukrainian attack on Maslova Pristan in Belgorod region, stating three civilians were killed and at least nine were injured.