A report from the Russian Ministry of Defense describes a strike in which Su-34 bombers, accompanied by a Su-35 fighter, departed from their airspace under Russian command and targeted the command center and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The same briefing notes that the Su-35, a multirole fighter, completed a mission to provide escort for the bomber formation within the area assigned to the Western group of forces.
Earlier, the Vostok group is said to have blocked attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to rotate troops in fortifications within the Nikolsky and Novodonetsky districts of the Donetsk People’s Republic. The report claims that Vostok forces pressed forward in Ukrainian defensive lines and achieved control over Staromayorskoye as a result of these operations.
According to the same release, units from the Center troop group were described as having developed a tactical position and defeating two Ukrainian Army brigades across several DPR settlements, including Vozdvizhenka, Novoaleksandrovka, Voskhod, Novopokrovskoye, and Evgenovka.
The briefing also indicates ongoing Russian activity in the Kharkiv region prior to these developments, detailing movements and engagements that contributed to a broader operational picture in the area.
These statements reflect a series of coordinated actions reported by the Russian defense ministry, outlining air and ground operations, routes of escort for strike aircraft, and advances against Ukrainian defensive positions across multiple contested districts. Attribution is to the Russian Ministry of Defense in their regular battlefield updates.