Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces captured Rivnopillia and Mala Tokmachka in Zaporizhzhia, releasing aerial footage from Rivnopillia, with independent verification limited.
- Ukraine said drones struck the Ryazan oil refinery near Moscow, reporting explosions and a large fire, while the regional governor said debris from downed drones caused a blaze.
- Kyiv’s General Staff reported overnight strikes on the Novokuibyshevsk refinery in Russia’s Samara region and a Rubikon UAV storage site in occupied Donetsk, with damage assessments ongoing and Russia reporting multiple interceptions.
- Intense fighting around Pokrovsk continued, with Ukraine reporting 50–66 Russian assaults repelled in a single day and search‑and‑strike operations clearing 26.6 square kilometers, alongside claimed Russian losses.
- Ukrainian officials reported new civilian deaths in Kherson and Kharkiv and confirmed seven fatalities from an earlier strike on Kyiv, as President Volodymyr Zelensky renewed appeals for air‑defence systems and secured LNG imports via Greece for winter needs.