Overview

• Gen. Valery Gerasimov told President Vladimir Putin that Russian troops are pressing attacks across nearly all sectors, with fighting reported for Primorsk and Stepnohorsk in Zaporizhia and most of Yampol said to be under Russian control.
• The Russian Ministry of Defense said the 'South' grouping killed up to 100 Ukrainian personnel and destroyed a tank in the Donetsk region over the past day.
• Air-defense units reported shooting down 30 Ukrainian drones in the evening over Belgorod, Kursk, Rostov and Voronezh regions, with additional drones downed later in Voronezh and interceptions reported in Rostov without injuries.
• Russia said a BM‑21 Grad strike near Mala Tokmachka in Zaporizhia destroyed up to 10 Ukrainian fighters and an electronic-warfare station, after which assault units took new positions.
• Russian security sources said a Ukrainian sabotage group was eliminated in Sumy region, while a pro-Russian coordinator reported strikes on a training camp in Chernihiv and an airfield in Kryvyi Rih; these claims were not independently verified in the reports.