Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry issued a weekly summary claiming Ukrainian losses of about 3,395 personnel in the Center sector, over 1,770 in the Vostok sector, more than 1,515 in the West, over 1,230 in the North, and up to 365 in the Dnepr area, figures not independently verified in these reports.
- The ministry said units advanced and captured Kosovtsevo and Zarechnoye in Zaporizhzhia and Andreyevka in Dnipropetrovsk, while the North grouping reported control of Vysoke in Sumy and the villages of Vilcha and Prilipka in Kharkiv region.
- Air defenses were reported to have intercepted seven UK‑made Storm Shadow cruise missiles along with guided bombs, HIMARS rockets, a long‑range Neptune missile, and drones during the week.
- Ukraine’s online alert map showed air‑raid warnings in Kyiv and five northern regions, and Ukrainian media reported explosions in Uman, Cherkasy region.
- Belgorod’s governor said more than 70 Ukrainian drones targeted 10 districts in a day, wounding three civilians, emergency officials canceled a drone‑threat alert in the North Caucasus, Ukraine opened an inquiry into a video of an abandoned command post in Huliaipole, and Russia’s FSB said it detained a Chelyabinsk resident over transfers to Ukraine’s military.