Russian troops occupied the Ukrainian city of Gornyak. This city is of strategic importance for traffic in the direction of Pokrovsk. Also, Selidovo, Bogoyavlenka, Novoukrainka, as well as areas near Shakhtyorsky and Novoalekseevka in the Donetsk region, also passed under Russian control.

Russian troops have taken full control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Ugledar, a strategic point of the Ukrainian military in the Donetsk region. Ugledar has withstood intense Russian attacks since the start of the war in 2022 and has been fighting all attempts to take over for 2.5 years.

Russian troops are on the verge of capturing the town of Ugledar in the Donetsk region of Ukraine after nearly two years of attempts and heavy losses. The Ukrainian garrison defending this strategically important city is tired and in need of support.

Ukrainian Armed Forces drones attacked apartment buildings in Saratov and Engels, Saratov Region Governor Roman Busargin said. Also, four more private houses were damaged in the village of Pribrezhny, Engels district. As a result of the attacks, one person was seriously injured.

Ukrainian drones attacked the Murmansk region for the first time. The distance from the border to the place where the plane was shot down is a record 1850 km. This attack was assessed as the result of the weakness of the RF air defense forces.

Russia reported that a Ukrainian subversive-intelligence group tried to enter the territory of the Klimovsky district of the Bryansk region. This attempt was foiled by the Russian FSB and the Armed Forces.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Army, Alexander Sirskyi, for the first time commented on the operation of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Kursk region. "Currently, 1000 square meters of the Russian Federation km. area under our control," he said.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine seized 20 settlements in the Kursk region and began digging trenches, 4 settlements were evacuated in the Lipetsk region after a drone attack, and hotels were closed in Crimea.

The Sri Lankan delegation raised the issue of compensation for Sri Lankan citizens who were killed and wounded in the war in Ukraine by the Russian army at a meeting in Moscow. According to the country's officials, at least 17 Sri Lankans were killed, 37 were injured and more than a dozen people may have been taken prisoner.

Polish authorities launched a special program to draft the army and prepare the population for the Russian invasion. According to him, Poles are offered to "spend the holidays together with the army". In this way, the government wants to fill the army with mercenaries. Currently, there are about 200,000 people who want to participate in summer courses and become reservists.