Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces captured Chervone in the DPR and Novodanilovka in Zaporizhzhia, claiming heavy Ukrainian losses over the past day.
- Air defenses reported destroying 15 Ukrainian fixed‑wing drones between 12:00 and 17:00 Moscow time, then 11 more between 17:00 and 23:00 across multiple regions including Rostov, Belgorod, Bryansk, Crimea and Volgograd.
- Overnight UAV activity damaged three apartment buildings in Volgograd, where officials allowed most residents to return and outlined city‑funded repairs and compensation measures, with two families offered temporary housing.
- A resident of Vasylivka in Russia‑controlled Zaporizhzhia was wounded by a drone attack on a private sector area, the regional governor said.
- Russian security sources told TASS that taking Novodanilovka enables fire control over approaches to Orikhiv and provides a foothold for further operations.