The Armed Forces of Ukraine returned Dniproenerhiya under control, reduced losses by 20% and improved the tactical situation in two directions. Also, about 9,500 occupiers and a lot of enemy equipment were destroyed.
The command has decided to withdraw forces and assets from unfavorable positions in the Donetsk region. This allowed to save the soldiers and improve the defense.
Serhiy Nayev said that he learned about his dismissal from the post of commander of the Joint Forces of Ukraine from media reports.
President Zelenskyy dismissed two commanders of the Armed Forces and appointed new commanders of the Joint Forces, Air Assault Forces, Territorial Defense Forces, and the Land Forces.
The Netherlands will provide Ukraine with 24 F-16 fighters instead of the previously planned 18. The country's Defense Minister announced the preparation of 6 additional aircraft.
Ukraine expects to receive aircraft and long-range weapons with a radius of more than 300 kilometers in the next military aid packages.
The commander of the "North" JFO emphasizes that Ukrainians should understand that the state border in Sumy, Chernihiv and Bohodukhiv districts of Kharkiv region is a line of combat contact.
The Security Service of Ukraine detained an FSB agent in Sumy region who was reconnoitering the positions of the Ukrainian military and preparing routes for Russian subversive groups to enter Ukraine.
On the northern border with Russia, border guards record attempts by enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups to enter the territory of Ukraine. The most active area for the enemy subversive reconnaissance group is currently Sumy region. But there is also activity of hostile subversive reconnaissance groups in Kharkiv region. Andriy Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Guard Service, told this on the Frontline program
Ukrainian troops are conducting military exercises near the Belarusian border in preparation for potential threats, Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander Serhiy Nayev said.
Ukraine strengthens its defenses, and British intelligence reports that a major Russian breakthrough is unlikely due to stagnation at the front and small-scale Russian offensives.