Overview

• President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukrainian forces moved more than 3 km south near Orikhiv in southern Zaporizhzhia.
• Ukraine’s 24th Separate Assault Battalion said it, with another unit, brought the village of Mali Shcherbaky under control between Orikhiv and the Dnipro River.
• Kyiv reported continued progress around Dobropillia near the logistics hub of Pokrovsk, with Zelenskiy saying Russian forces were taking heavy losses there.
• Russia’s Defence Ministry reported strikes on Ukrainian troops and equipment in Zaporizhzhia, including in Novoandriivka, without acknowledging Ukrainian territorial gains.
• President Vladimir Putin recently told commanders that Russian forces had captured about 5,000 square kilometers this year and retained a strategic advantage along the front.