Overview
- In a weekly update, the Russian Defense Ministry said the Vostok grouping captured Novoaleksandrovka along with Novonikolaevka, Krasnogorskoe, Privolnoe, Egorovka and Vishnevoe in southeastern Ukraine.
- The ministry reported control of more than 12 square kilometers during the operation and said roughly 100 buildings were cleared.
- Official video released by the ministry showed servicemen unfurling Russian flags in Novoaleksandrovka and included combat footage.
- The operation was credited to assault units of the 36th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade of the 29th Army, which the ministry said expelled Ukrainian forces.
- TASS, citing Russian security interlocutors, said the advance puts the Pokrovskoe defensive node within UAV strike range and less than 10 kilometers from Russian positions, while also alleging Ukrainian personnel and equipment losses.