Overview
- Commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said Russian forces likely learned of the troop gathering by compromising a unit group chat, leading to the strike.
- Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation charged a battalion commander and a Dnipro court ordered him held without bail over alleged negligence tied to 12 servicemen and seven civilian deaths.
- Ukrainian and regional outlets reported fresh explosions in Ukrainian-held Kherson and in the government-controlled sector of Zaporizhzhia.
- Russia’s defense ministry and state media reported multiple battlefield actions, including the destruction of a Ukrainian command post in Zaporizhzhia with up to 10–12 personnel killed and FPV‑drone strikes on a BMP and armored vehicles near Mala Tokmachka; these claims were not independently verified.
- Regional Russian officials said a UAV attack damaged civilian infrastructure in Saratov region and air defenses downed drones over Rostov region, while a Russian envoy claimed Ukrainian forces averaged about 500 strikes per day on Russian regions last week with eight killed and 45 wounded.