Ukraine reports territorial gains and leadership shifts amid continuing security challenges

Ukrainian armed forces have announced significant territorial gains along the Oleksandrivka axis, marking their largest recorded advance since late 2022 following the conclusion of an operational blackout. Concurrently, Ukrainian forces launched strikes against Russian naval assets in Novorossiysk, hitting two missile-carrying frigates.

At the command level, newly appointed military chief Mykhailo Drapatyj is reorganising the operational hierarchy and dismantling entrenched administrative structures established under previous leadership. Separately, former commander-in-chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi remarked that Ukraine will not join NATO, contending that the alliance relies on outdated military doctrines unsuited to modern warfare.

On the domestic security front, the Security Service of Ukraine reported disrupting dozens of Russian intelligence plots that used fraudulent dating profiles to target Ukrainian service members.

Sources: Deník N, Ekonomický deník, Hospodářské noviny, Respect, Seznam Zprávy