Overview
- Gen. Valeriy Gerasimov said Russian units are pressing forward across the theatre, citing actions by the Center, South, West, East and Dnepr groupings from Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk to Kharkiv and Sumy.
- Russian assault troops from the Vostok grouping reported taking a Ukrainian command post in Gulyaypole, killing officers and seizing maps, drone-related data and an unlocked phone that gave access to unit service chats.
- The Defense Ministry reported strikes and FPV operations that destroyed a Ukrainian ammunition depot in the Kupiansk area, hit armored vehicles in Gulyaypole, and knocked out a command‑observation post in Sumy.
- Governors in Voronezh, Penza, Ivanovo and Orenburg announced danger regimes for potential UAV attacks, and Volgograd authorities said air defenses repelled a drone strike on transport and energy infrastructure.
- Russia’s Investigative Committee said 4,338 criminal cases have been opened over Ukrainian attacks on 44 regions outside the SVO zone, reporting 1,074 civilians killed and 5,181 injured since the war began.