Overview
- Russia's Defense Ministry said Southern grouping units destroyed UAV control points, an ammunition depot, and a temporary troop site on the Konstantinovka axis near the Kleban-Byk reservoir, with additional FPV strikes reported toward the Kramatorsk–Druzhkovka area.
- The ministry and military press centers published a single‑day tally claiming up to 1,430 Ukrainian personnel losses, and a spokesperson said more than five square kilometers near the Kleban-Byk area were taken, figures not independently confirmed.
- Ukrainian outlet TSN reported explosions during air‑raid alerts in Zhytomyr, Poltava, and Chernihiv regions, while Vinnytsia authorities reported hits on critical infrastructure that caused fires but no casualties.
- Regional Russian officials said air defenses and electronic warfare downed multiple drones in Rostov and Voronezh regions, and reported localized damage including a fire from drone debris at the Afipsky oil refinery and a strike on a social facility in Shebekino without injuries.
- Bryansk's governor reported a civilian died of wounds from a September 23 FPV‑drone attack in Suzemka, and a TASS‑cited military commentator claimed Ukrainian units complained of Russian pressure east of Kupyansk.