Overview

• The Defense Ministry said Russian forces struck transport infrastructure and temporary deployment sites supporting Ukrainian operations in 143 districts using aircraft, missiles, artillery and strike drones.
• Moscow said its 'Vostok' grouping took Poltavka in Zaporizhzhia, reporting more than 12 square kilometers cleared and over 500 structures searched, with released footage purporting to show the advance.
• Daily sector updates from the Defense Ministry cited Ukrainian losses: over 380 personnel in the 'Vostok' zone, up to 230 in 'Zapad', up to 205 in 'Yug', more than 210 in 'Sever', and over 90 in 'Dnepr', along with destroyed vehicles, artillery and depots.
• Overnight, Ukrainian drones targeted Russian industrial sites including the Orenburg gas processing plant and reportedly a refinery in Novokuybyshevsk; Russia said air defenses downed 45 UAVs and the Tula governor reported another drone shot down without damage.
• Air-raid alerts were issued in seven Ukrainian regions, and a pro-Russian source claimed strikes on depots, rail echelons, air defenses and communication nodes in Sumy, Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Sloviansk, while Russian units reported FPV drone interdiction of heavy 'Baba Yaga' resupply copters near Pokrovsk.