Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry reported that troops from Ukraine’s 68th Jäger Brigade surrendered in encircled Krasnoarmeysk and said 13 deblocking attacks from the Grishino area were repelled, with 64 buildings taken in the city and additional gains in nearby Dimitrov.
- On the Kupyansk front, a Russian assault commander said 25 buildings were seized in the past day and claimed Ukrainian forces continue attempts to break what Moscow describes as a blockade.
- Russian officials said units on other axes advanced or inflicted losses, including up to 95 Ukrainian personnel and two tanks in the Donetsk region under the ‘South’ grouping, up to 45 personnel in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson areas under ‘Dnepr,’ and new positions reported near Krasny Liman.
- Overnight Ukrainian drones struck the Lukoil refinery in Volgograd and the Kostroma GRES power plant, regional authorities said, with one man killed in Volgograd; Russia’s Defense Ministry reported 75 drones were downed and Volgograd’s airport imposed flight restrictions.
- Governors in the Yaroslavl and Orenburg regions issued ‘drone danger’ alerts with protective guidance for residents, and Ukraine later declared a nationwide air‑raid alert according to its digital transformation ministry’s online map.