Overview
- Russia’s defense ministry said assault units advanced in western Krasnoarmiysk and continued operations in nearby districts, describing the city as a key Ukrainian logistics hub.
- Russian units and field videos reported control of Novoe in Zaporizhzhia, while Ukraine’s southern defense forces said troops withdrew from the Ravnopolye area to preserve personnel after heavy fire.
- A Russian assault commander said Ukrainian forces were pulling back along the Oskol River in Kupyansk, with fighting ongoing in the city’s western neighborhoods.
- G7 foreign ministers issued a joint statement urging an immediate ceasefire and proposing the present line of contact as the starting point for negotiations.
- Cross‑border alerts and strikes continued as Russian regions reported drone threats and shootdowns in Kursk, Voronezh, Orlovsk and Novorossiysk, and Ukrainian media reported explosions in Sumy and Kyiv, while President Zelensky sanctioned Timur Mindich and Alexander Tsukerman in the Energoatom corruption case.