Two people were killed and at least 17 others were injured, including six children, as a result of overnight Russian missile and drone attacks on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya.

President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the situation at the front and the planning of long-range operations with the Commander-in-Chief and the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, Ukrainian forces repelled five Russian attacks near the settlements of Vovchansk and Kamianka. On the Kupiansk front, 15 Russian attacks occurred. Ukrainian defenders repelled Russian assaults near the settlements of Pishchane,

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Wednesday that Russian troops have surrounded Ukrainian forces in two key eastern cities of Ukraine and offered to negotiate a deal for their surrender. Ukrainian military officials vigorously denied the claim.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi met with the commanders of army corps, military units, and formations holding back Russian assaults in the Pokrovsk sector of the front.

Vladimir Putin has announced a successful test of a Poseidon nuclear-powered submarine torpedo which experts have warned is capable of causing a “radioactive tsunami”. The Russian president said the test of the weapon had been a “great success”,