Overview
- The ministry reported about 1,450 Ukrainian personnel lost in the past day, with sector totals including over 285 in the North, up to 235 in the West, over 175 in the South, up to 465 in the Center, up to 235 in the East, and up to 55 in the Dnepr area.
- Officials said a large strike used long-range precision weapons, including Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles and long-range drones, and was presented as retaliation for attacks on Russian territory.
- According to the ministry, the strike hit military‑industrial sites, energy facilities, and port infrastructure, while separate operations targeted energy and transport nodes, a military equipment warehouse, and temporary deployment points in 152 districts.
- Russia’s Battlegroup Center said it improved positions along the front and continued attacking a Ukrainian formation it described as encircled in Dimitrov in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
- Air defenses reportedly downed two HIMARS rockets and 366 fixed‑wing UAVs in a day, and the ministry repeated large cumulative claims of Ukrainian equipment destroyed since the start of the campaign.