"Ukraine's top military commander, Oleksandr Syrskii, said the army's situation has significantly worsened in parts of the southeastern Zaporizhia region amid fierce fighting with Russian forces. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on X that he had received an update from Syrskii, which conveyed that the situation remains difficult in the Zaporizhia region, as well as in the direction of the embattled city of Pokrovsk. Zaporizhia Governor Ivan Fedorov said that a Russian drone attack killed a 56-year-old man in the Polohivskyi district. Also in Zaporizhia, the Kushuhum Village Council announced in a post on the Telegram messaging app that families with children must begin mandatory evacuations from the area."
"Ukraine's Southern Defence Forces said in a post on Facebook that they had to withdraw from positions near the settlements of Novouspenivske, Nove, Okhotnyche, Uspenivka, and Novomykolaivka in the Zaporizhia region. Ukraine's General Staff claimed that explosions and fire were recorded after Ukrainian forces hit the Orsknefteorgsintez oil refinery in Russia's Orenburg region. A Ukrainian mine explosion killed one person in the village of Bahatyr in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian region of Donetsk, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik said, while persistent Ukrainian drone attacks have forced people to flee the area, Russia's state TASS news agency reports."
"Russia's Ministry of Defence claimed that its forces seized the eastern part of Kupiansk in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, according to TASS. Rustem Umerov, the secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, has arrived in Turkiye's Istanbul, where he said in a post on Facebook that he is working to unblock the process of exchanging captives with Moscow and ensuring the implementation of the agreement that has already been reached"
Fighting intensified in southeastern Zaporizhia, with Ukrainian commanders reporting significantly worsened conditions and difficult situations near Pokrovsk. A Russian drone strike killed a civilian in Polohivskyi, and local authorities ordered mandatory evacuations for families with children in Kushuhum. Ukrainian Southern Defence Forces withdrew from multiple settlements in Zaporizhia. Ukraine reported strikes on an oil refinery in Russia's Orenburg region, while a mine explosion killed one person in Russian-occupied Donetsk amid ongoing drone attacks. Russia's Ministry of Defence claimed capture of eastern Kupiansk. Ukraine's national security secretary traveled to Istanbul to work on implementing a captives exchange agreement with Moscow.
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