Ukraine claims to have shot down 32 of 35 “Shahad” drones launched in an overnight attack mostly directed at Kyiv. Suspilne reports that in Kyiv non-residential structures and several private houses were damaged by debris, and agricultural property and equipment were damaged in Zaporizhzhia after Russia launched seven S-300 missiles at the Ukraine-controlled portion of the region.

An unspecified critical infrastructure facility was hit in Lviv, which is about 70 km from the border with NATO member Poland. As a consequence some tram routes were altered during the morning rush hour, officials said. “They hit a critically important facility. There were three hits”, - said regional governor Maksym Kozytskiy.

Ukraine’s ministry of the interior has stated that four settlements and 818 houses remain flooded on the right bank of the Dnipro in Kherson. Authorities in Mykolaiv reported some flooding remains in their region too.

Russian state-owned media reports that Ukraine struck the occupied settlement of Nova Kakhovka with “kamikaze” drones, injuring 3 people.

Heavy casualties are being endured by both Ukrainian and Russian forces, British military intelligence has said, 2 weeks into the Ukrainian counteroffensive. The level of losses among Russian troops was said by British officials to be at its highest level since the peak of battle for Bakhmut, with Ukraine claiming to have killed or injured 4,600 soldiers.

Ukrainian deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar said Ukraine must prepare itself for a “tough duel” but that “the biggest blow is yet to come”. Separately she said that Russia had concentrated a significant number of units in the east, including air assault troops, but that Ukrainian forces were preventing their advance. She described the situation in the east of the country as “difficult”.

Ukraine confirmed it has recaptured the village of Piatykhatky, a settlement on a heavily fortified part of the frontline near the Azov Sea coast. It brings the tally of settlements liberated in the past 2 weeks up to 8, with 113 sq km of territory said to have been seized from the occupying forces.