America News Agency

According to CCTV, Russia's Ministry of Defense announced that operations in the Donetsk region are continuing.

The ministry said Russian forces advanced westward in the Lyman direction, taking control of five positions and 59 buildings. It also stated that operations are continuing southwest of the city of Kostiantynivka, where 26 buildings were captured over the past day.

Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that long-range strikes had been carried out against Russia's military and energy infrastructure. According to the statement, Ukrainian forces targeted two oil refineries, a railway bridge, and an ammunition depot.

According to reports in the Russian media, Alexei Likhachev, Director General of Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom, claimed that Ukrainian forces carried out more than 60 drone attacks over the past 24 hours against the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and the nearby city of Enerhodar.

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, one of Europe's largest nuclear power facilities, has been under Russian control since 2022.

Fighting and attacks around the facility continue to raise concerns within the international community over nuclear safety.