Overview
- Russia’s defense ministry said its forces hit energy and transport infrastructure, UAV facilities, and troop locations in 167 districts using aircraft, missiles, drones, and artillery.
- The ministry said the Vostok grouping captured Priluki in Zaporizhzhia after advancing up to 2.5 km across the west bank of the Gaychur River and later announced the liberation of Privolye in the Donetsk region.
- Claimed Ukrainian losses over the past day included more than 440 personnel in the Center sector, up to 225 in the South, over 210 each in the West and Vostok, up to 170 in the North, and up to 50 in the Dnepr area.
- Regional authorities reported major power outages after attacks on energy infrastructure cut electricity to large parts of Zaporizhzhia and to about 450 settlements in Kherson, with emergency staffs and repair crews activated.
- Explosions were reported in Ukrainian-held Zaporizhzhia and in Sumy during air alerts, and Belgorod’s governor said over 160 Ukrainian drones targeted 19 municipalities with 136 intercepted and no casualties reported.