Russia Claims Capture of Grishino and Veterinarnoye, Cites Heavy Ukrainian Losses

Overview

• Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces took the settlements of Grishino in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Veterinarnoye in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region.
• Officials said Battlegroup Tsentr inflicted over 340 Ukrainian personnel losses and destroyed an armored vehicle, a pickup truck, and a field artillery cannon.
• The ministry also credited Battlegroups Sever, Vostok, Zapad, Yug, and Dnepr with additional daily Ukrainian losses, listing figures that ranged from about 55 to nearly 195 per sector.
• Air-defense units reportedly shot down 13 guided aerial bombs, intercepted three HIMARS rockets, and downed about 434 Ukrainian drones; HIMARS are U.S.-made truck-mounted rocket launchers.
• Sputnik relayed the bulletin as an official account, and the report offered no independent evidence, reflecting the daily wartime tallies that are common and frequently disputed.