Overview
- The Russian Defense Ministry says its Vostok grouping took Novoaleksandrovka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, securing more than 12 square kilometers and clearing about 100 buildings, with claims of Ukrainian personnel and vehicle losses.
- Russian security sources told TASS the advance places forces less than 10 kilometers from Pokrovske, described as a Ukrainian defensive hub now within reach of Russian UAV operators.
- The Russian Aerospace Forces report they put out of service a bridge over the Volchya River used to supply Pokrovske, citing real-time imagery to confirm the strike and saying the aim was to hinder Ukrainian resupply.
- The ministry released video showing flag-raising and combat footage from Novoaleksandrovka, crediting assault units of the 36th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 29th Army with the operation.
- Separately, Ukraine’s Security Service opened a criminal case after a clash at an Odessa recruitment center, and Russian reports say a suspect was detained following a shooting at a Kremenchuk recruitment office that wounded two staffers.