- Ukrainian forces have erased nearly all of Russia 's territorial gains made since March 2026, according to the Institute for the Study of War.
- Counteroffensive operations near Kupiansk, Oleksandrivka, and Lyman have reduced Russia 's net territorial gains to almost zero.
- The military operations successfully halted Russian advances into the Dnipropetrovsk region and disrupted key operational objectives.
- Ukrainian fighting eliminated a major Russian contingent that had threatened Sloviansk and the broader defensive belt in the Donetsk region.
- It comes after former British prime minister Boris Johnson criticised Vladimir Putin after a diplomatic train he was travelling on narrowly avoided a Russian drone strike near the Ukraine-Poland border.
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