Overview
- Ukraine issued countrywide air-raid warnings twice overnight, with explosions reported in Kyiv and Chernihiv, according to Ukrainian media and the national alert map.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry says its ‘Vostok’ grouping captured Kosovtsevo in Zaporizhzhia, with unit accounts describing kamikaze-drone attacks, booby-trapped phones and a foothold for movement toward Ternovate.
- Moscow released footage it says shows Russian UAVs destroying Ukrainian artillery near Huliaipole, including M109 and 2S1 systems and mortar crews.
- Russian reports describe FPV-drone strikes disrupting Ukrainian resupply in the Kupyansk district and claim repelled counterattacks near Vilcha in Kharkiv region and the destruction of two assault groups south of Varachino in Sumy region.
- Independent journalists from BBC Russian Service and Mediazona published a database naming 158,143 Russian military personnel confirmed dead, noting the real toll could be higher.