Military personnel from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have arrived in the Chelyabinsk Region; the Defense Ministry cited the difficult global situation as the reason for boosting the CSTO's potential.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Russian forces struck a Vodafone data center in Kyiv overnight that supported the Ukrainian army, and hit a cargo ship in the Black Sea carrying goods for Ukrainian military needs to Odesa.
Russian security forces told RIA Novosti that two attempts by Ukrainian units to break out of encirclement in armored vehicles near Nefedovka in Kharkiv Oblast were detected by reconnaissance and the enemy equipment was destroyed.
The meeting between the US president and the Chinese chairman at the White House did not produce significant economic agreements. Beijing warned Washington about the risk of war and demanded caution on Taiwan.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul at UN headquarters; the talks were initiated by Berlin.
Kherson region Governor Vladimir Saldo said two people were killed in a Ukrainian attack on a cafe, and two young people were seriously wounded. That same evening in Chaplinka, a drone struck a truck carrying food products, killing a man.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic held a phone call at Belgrade's initiative, discussing bilateral cooperation, the State Duma elections, firefighting assistance and the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Fighters of the Sever group have taken two villages in the Kharkov region, strengthening the Reznikovsky pocket, the Defense Ministry said. The liberation of these settlements complicates attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to break out of the encirclement.
Three people died in a night attack by Ukrainian drones on Krasnodar Krai, the regional operations headquarters said.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Russian forces struck Kyiv's Kosmonova data center in overnight attacks, saying it supported mobile internet and Starlink satellite communications for Ukraine's military.
Governor Yuri Slyusar said five people, including a child, were injured in a night drone attack on the Rostov region. In Azov, residential buildings, a school, a palace of culture and industrial facilities were damaged; air defenses shot down more than 30 drones.
The head of the press center of the Russian Center group of forces, Alexander Savchuk, said the group improved its tactical position and struck manpower and equipment of six Ukrainian brigades and five national guard brigades, including the Azov brigade*. In Dobropolye, encircled Ukrainian formations are being destroyed.
A man died from shrapnel wounds in a UAV attack in Perm Krai, Makhonin said.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Russian forces continued drone strikes on military-industrial enterprises, logistics centers and vessels used in the interests of Ukraine's Armed Forces.
Ulyanovsk Governor Alexey Russkikh said a massive UAV attack on Ulyanovsk damaged industrial and civilian infrastructure and left seven adults and one child injured.
CNN, citing sources, reports that Russian presidential special envoy Kirill Dmitriev discussed cooperation between Moscow and Washington and a settlement in Ukraine with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and the US president's son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Psychologists found how humor affects the distracting power of taboo words: the funnier the swear word, the less it slows down a task.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Fox News that Tehran seeks a deal with the US within international law and is ready to give up its 60% enriched uranium stockpile under the NPT.
Russia's Defense Ministry said Russian forces struck a logistics hub in Odessa holding military products from the EU, as well as a cargo ship with supplies for the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a drone warehouse in Novye Belyary, Odessa region.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that taking the dominant heights near Dobropolye will allow Russian forces to accelerate their advance toward the DPR border and disrupt Ukrainian logistics in Donbass.
A source told RIA Novosti that high US Air Force activity in the Strait of Hormuz may indicate a risk of escalation; Washington has deployed 12 F-16 fighter jets to the region.
The Finance Ministry has sent the government a package of bills on the federal budget for the next three-year period. The ministry said what the budget policy of the coming three years is aimed at.
The Russian Defense Ministry said a massed night strike in Kyiv hit the Kyivstar and Parkovyi telecommunications centers, which it said provide communications and computing capacity for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's European Problems Department, Vladislav Maslennikov, said that Brussels' promised support measures for Armenia are far from reality and that the EU internal market is closed to Armenian products.
Sergei Lebedev, coordinator of the pro-Russian Mykolaiv underground, told RIA Novosti that most Ukrainian forces redeployed to the Chernobyl NPP area are well-trained volunteers around 30, motivated ideologically or financially.