Military operation in Ukraine

Battlegroup North units took control of the settlement of Sopych in the Sumy Region and units of Battlegroups West, South and Center liberated the settlements of Aleksandrovka, Kaleniki, Fyodorovka Vtoraya and Pavlovka in the DPR

Governor Alexander Khinshtein said that a 29-year-old woman was injured as a result of the Ukrainian attacks on the Rylsky district

The region’s operational command reported that Ukraine launched 15 UAVs in the Alexeyevsky and Krasnoyaruzhsky districts, causing no damage

According to the serviceman, the Russian tank is much more reliable and its powerful 125mm gun is more accurate compared to its foreign counterparts

The commander of a tank crew the separate Novorossiysk Airborne Division noted that drones greatly assist tanks during combat operations

"The number of shelling attacks involving multiple rocket launchers has increased three-fold in 2026 compared to the same period last year, and the number of drone strikes has doubled," Olga Medvedeva, deputy regional governor for internal affairs, said

The officer explained that the thermal imaging sight can detect drones at altitudes of up to 1,000 meters

According to Olga Medvedeva, assistant to the Belgorod Region deputy governor for internal policy, the intensity of the Ukrainian army’s shelling attacks on border communities in the Belgorod Region and Belgorod is rising every month

According to an aide to the regional deputy governor, the four years of Ukrainian attacks have made it clear that Kiev’s forces deliberately seek to target civilians

Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik noted that a number of European politicians consider their "main achievement" to be providing Vladimir Zelensky’s regime with massive amounts of military aid "supposedly for waging a defensive war"