Russian President Vladimir Putin appoints Yegor Kovalchuk as acting governor of Bryansk and Alexander Shuvayev as acting head of Belgorod, relieving Alexander Bogomaz and accepting Vyacheslav Gladkov's resignation.
Six civilians were injured in Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia's Belgorod Region, according to regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov. The attacks targeted multiple locations including the city of Shebekino, where two apartment houses were damaged, the village of Oktyabrsky where a truck driver was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds, Graivoron where a woman was wounded in her car, and Dubovoye where three women sought medical assistance.
The United States is working to establish a new coalition focused on the Strait of Hormuz, according to The Wall Street Journal. The coalition aims to help participating nations share intelligence, coordinate diplomatic responses, and ensure compliance with sanctions. This initiative comes amid heightened tensions in the Middle East, with Trump giving Iran a 48-hour deadline to make a deal or face military action.
Ukrainian servicemen struck a social facility in the village of Dobroye in the Belgorod Region with two smart bombs, injuring two men who sustained barotrauma, blast injuries, and contusions to their backs and legs. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported that doctors assessed the civilians' condition as moderate and the social facility was partially destroyed in the airstrike.
