Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry released a video with a deputy platoon commander saying forces that took Chervonoe in Zaporizhzhia are advancing toward Hulyaipole after completing a clearance operation.
- Units from the “Vostok” grouping seized a Ukrainian strongpoint near Chervonoe in under 30 minutes, with seven Ukrainian fighters killed, according to the ministry’s account.
- The “Sever” grouping reported extracting five captured Ukrainian servicemen from Volchansk in Kharkiv region and said scattered enemy elements there are retreating or surrendering.
- The ministry’s latest daily bulletin claimed about 1,275 Ukrainian personnel losses and additional equipment losses over the past day; these figures were not independently verified in the reports provided.
- Local officials in Syzran, Samara region, reported drone alerts as the Defense Ministry said nine drones were downed, while Telegram channel Astra posted footage of a refinery fire and authorities briefly closed Samara’s airport during the overnight incident.