Overview
- Ukraine’s Southern Defense Forces said units relocated to positions more favorable for defense to preserve personnel and adjust the contact line.
- Commanders reported nearly 40 combat engagements in the Oleksandrivske–Huliaipole directions over the past day as attacks continued.
- More than 350 strikes using over 1,500 rounds were recorded across Zaporizhzhia and southern Dnipropetrovsk in the same period.
- Ukrainian forces said measures to block advances and deliver combined fire are ongoing and reported nearly 300 Russian personnel losses and 58 destroyed or damaged systems.
- The regional spokesperson warned that Russian troops are exploiting poor weather to infiltrate in small groups on foot or motorcycles, complicating defenses.