The United States plans to announce a significant military aid package for Ukraine. The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the command post of the 810th Separate Marine Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kursk region.

Ukraine's defence forces have struck the Kombinat Kristal oil storage facility in the city of Engels in Russia's Saratov Oblast. Source: Ukraine's General Staff Details: Numerous explosions were recorded in the target area and a large-scale fire broke out.

This represents nearly half of the skirmishes over the past day, as the military reported 218 clashes across the front.

Several drones were allegedly shot down by air defences with the debris setting fire to “an industrial facility. Firefighters and emergency services are on the scene,” he claimed. The Astra Telegram channel posted eyewitness videos of the city's night skyline with the sounds of drones and a photo of a massive fire in the area of the oil depot.