Overview
- Russian security sources say Ukrainian long‑range UAV launch points near Kharkiv airport and Velykyi Burluk were destroyed.
- The Defense Ministry's update claims about 1,275 Ukrainian personnel losses in the past day along with destroyed armor, artillery, electronic warfare systems and ammunition depots.
- In the Kharkiv sector, Russian forces report repelling a counterattack by Ukraine’s 225th regiment, saying half the assault group was killed and the rest withdrew.
- Overnight drones targeted Russia’s Samara region; the ministry reported nine UAVs downed as local officials sounded sirens in Syzran and independent channels posted video of a refinery fire and a temporary closure at Samara’s airport.
- Russian units released videos and accounts of recent assaults in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia, including the capture of positions near Chervone and operations linked to the fall of Krasnoarmiisk and Vovchansk.