The article reports on the ongoing war in Ukraine and provides updates from different regions. Here are some key points:
* Russian forces are regrouping and preparing for a renewed assault in Kharkiv Oblast, according to Ukraine’s Operational-Strategic Group of Forces “Khortytsia”.
* Ukrainian troops thwarted Russian assault attempts near Kindrashivka, Kamianka, and Zahryzove in the Kupiansk area.
* Russian forces launched attacks in the Lyman sector on the border of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, targeting areas around Novoyehorivka, Hrekivka, Olhivka, Ridkodub, Hlushchenkove, Novomykhailivka, Yampolivka, Torske, and Nove. All Russian advances were repelled.
* In the Kramatorsk and Toretsk directions in Donetsk Oblast, assault actions of varying intensity took place near Predtechyne, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Chasiv Yar, Druzhba, Dyliivka, and Toretsk, with no loss of Ukrainian positions.
* The Russian forces continued attempts to breach Ukrainian defenses in the Pokrovsk direction, attacking toward Yelyzavetivka, Zvirove, Preobrazhenka, Kotliarivka, Oleksiivka, Pishchane, Udachne, Lysivka, Novosergiivka, and Andriivka.
* Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi reported that Russian personnel losses have exceeded 140,000 troops (140,650), since the beginning of the war. However, this statement could not be independently verified.
* Ukraine has significantly ramped up weapons manufacturing over the past year and is using domestically produced ballistic and cruise missiles every month, according to the country’s Minister for Strategic Industries Herman Smetanin.
* Ukraine produced $9 billion worth of arms in 2024, and the defense industry is on track to nearly quadruple that amount by the end of 2025.