Overview
- According to Russia’s Defense Ministry, Ukrainian forces lost roughly 1,510 personnel in the last 24 hours across the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnipro sectors.
- The ministry said troops advanced or improved positions in several areas, and a pro-Moscow regional figure reported Ukrainian units pushed from the eastern part of Poltavka in Zaporizhzhia.
- Russia said it struck a transport infrastructure site used by Ukraine’s defense industry and reported destroying UAV control points near Kostyantynivka in Donetsk region.
- Ukrainian outlets reported overnight explosions in Odesa and in Konotop, Sumy region, during air raid alerts.
- Russia’s FSB in Penza region said it detained two locals on treason charges for allegedly sharing site data with Ukrainian military intelligence, while Ukraine’s SBU named Maj. Gen. Vladimir Omelyanovych as responsible for the 2023 Kakhovka dam blast.