Overview
- - Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces hit railway and power infrastructure used by Ukrainian troops and destroyed two US-made MLRS launchers in the latest strikes.
- - Ukraine’s energy ministry reported emergency blackouts in several regions, while local media noted blasts across multiple oblasts and a partisan source claimed a base with bunkers was hit near Stryi in Lviv region.
- - Russian units reported battlefield actions in the Zaporizhzhia sector, including an Uragan strike that they said killed up to 20 Ukrainian fighters and a ‘Vostok’ commander’s claim of destroying a platoon, as engineers worked to demine two abandoned Ukrainian depots near Kupyansk.
- - Regional security updates included a nighttime UAV attack repelled over Rostov’s Chertkovsky district with no casualties, an FSB detention in the Donetsk region on treason and terror charges, and the SBU announcing in‑absentia charges against Russian military chaplain Dmitry Vasilyenko.
- - The Verkhovna Rada moved into a consultation mode after dismissing two ministers tied to the energy scandal, with the New York Times reporting rising opposition that could weaken Zelensky’s grip, and the Financial Times describing a US peace plan that Russia’s foreign ministry said it had not received through official channels.