Overview

• An officer identified as “X” said strike teams located the site with reconnaissance drones and then used attack UAVs to kill operators and demolish equipment, munitions and several heavy copters.
• A drone operator with the call sign “Sid” reported about 12 Ukrainian UAV control nodes were hit near Kostyantynivka, including positions linked to the “Birds of Madyar” and “K2” units.
• Russia’s Defense Ministry said up to 20 Ukrainian troops were killed trying to retake a strongpoint, crediting junior lieutenant Maxim Zamorin with five of the kills.
• A commander using the call sign “Miami” said an anti‑tank missile struck a fortified bunker during a rotation near Kupiansk, destroying two Ukrainian groups inside.
• The ministry also cited artillery and rocket strikes in Sumy and Luhansk regions and actions in Dnipropetrovsk that destroyed hexacopters and a UAV control site, while security sources said blocked Ukrainian units near Synelnykove were eliminated.