- Ukrainian forces have successfully halted Russia’s recent advance into the northern Sumy region, stabilizing the front line near the border.
- Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukraine’s top military commander, stated this success prevented Russia from deploying approximately 50,000 troops to other critical areas, a claim not independently verified.
- Across the broader 1,000-kilometre front line, Russian forces continue to make slow, incremental gains in certain sectors, but these advances have come at a significant cost in terms of troop casualties and armoured vehicles.
- The outnumbered Ukrainian army has increasingly relied on drone technology to counter Russian pressure, while both sides continue to launch long-range strikes.
- The Russian Defense Ministry claimed its forces captured two villages, Novoserhiivka and Shevchenko, in the eastern Donetsk region, as part of an offensive to break into Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region.
IN FULL
