Overview
- Russia’s defense ministry reported intercepting 55 Ukrainian UAVs overnight over several regions, with TASS noting injuries and damage in Rostov and Bryansk after debris falls.
- Ukrainian media reported explosions in Chernihiv and a citywide blackout in Slavutich, while air-raid alerts were issued in Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Chernihiv.
- Moscow said units of its Dnepr grouping killed more than 40 Ukrainian personnel and destroyed a tank, vehicles and electronic warfare stations around Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
- Russian accounts described repelled Ukrainian counterattacks near Melove–Khatnie in Kharkiv and the use of a foreign legion near Otradne, alongside recent claims of local advances in nearby settlements.
- Separately, Radio Svoboda reported the EU is weighing expanded support for Kyiv, including potential training on Ukrainian soil, as Western officials voiced doubts about near-term peace talks.