Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry says its assault units captured and cleared the village of Rovnoye in the Donetsk region, releasing footage-based claims of urban fighting, Ukrainian withdrawals and surrenders.
- Donetsk leader Denis Pushilin says the security buffer around Krasnoarmeysk is widening following the Rovnoye operation, with Russian forces continuing to pressure Ukrainian positions in nearby Dimitrov and Grishino.
- In the Kharkiv sector, Russian authorities report they foiled a Ukrainian reserve transfer near Kyrylivka and repelled a counterattack west of Lyman, citing officer casualties and daily losses they attribute to Ukrainian units.
- Moscow’s military reports FPV drones and artillery destroyed a Ukrainian HMMWV, additional vehicles and a fortified strongpoint near Huliaipole, describing coordinated strikes by drone operators and rocket artillery.
- Ukrainian outlets and official maps flagged explosions and air-raid alerts in Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Sumy and Kharkiv, while Russian governors reported UAV interceptions in Tula, Rostov and Smolensk and about 70 drones targeting Belgorod, with Zaporizhzhia’s regional chief citing power cuts affecting 11,958 subscribers.