Overview
- The Russian Defense Ministry reported a massed campaign using aircraft, attack drones, missiles and artillery against Ukrainian energy and transport nodes, a UAV assembly site, ammunition depots and troop locations across 142 areas.
- Russian forces said the ‘West’ grouping continues destroying an encircled Ukrainian formation in Kupyansk, calling the Ukrainian position there critical.
- In the Donetsk sector, Russia’s ‘Center’ grouping reported destroying a Ukrainian team attempting to break out of the Krasnoarmeysk pocket, with battlefield footage described by state media.
- Russian-linked updates cited failed Ukrainian counterattacks in the Sumy region and ongoing Russian pressure near Seversk, where a military commentator said Ukraine is taking losses trying to prevent encirclement.
- Regional authorities reported civilian casualties and damage from shelling and strikes, including a woman killed in Kamyanka-Dneprovskaya and a death in Golaya Pristan, and Russian officials accused Ukrainian units of killing evacuees near Kupyansk using drones.