Overview

• Russia’s Defense Ministry said the 'West' grouping captured Kirovsk in the Donetsk region and reported continued advances, claiming Ukrainian personnel and equipment losses.
• The ministry reported the 'Center' grouping took more advantageous positions and claimed up to 540 Ukrainian servicemembers killed in its area of operations.
• Units of the 'South' and 'Dnepr' groupings were said to have inflicted additional losses, with Moscow citing destroyed vehicles, artillery, electronic warfare stations and an ammunition depot.
• Russian forces reported strikes on railway infrastructure used for Ukrainian logistics as well as on storage and launch sites for long‑range drones, alongside hits on temporary deployment points.
• Belgorod’s governor reported more than 100 Ukrainian drones and nearly 30 munitions targeting the region in a day, while officials in Russian‑held Kherson cited 65 strikes with one civilian killed and explosions were reported in Ukraine’s Sumy region during an air‑raid alert.