Russia is acting slowly in Ukraine, as it is conducting a special operation, not a war, says Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov. According to Peskov, the Russian side is trying to preserve infrastructure and human lives.
Russian air defense systems shot down a Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near the city of Izyum (Kharkiv region) Along with this, air defense intercepted four HIMARS MLRS shells during the day and destroyed ten Ukrainian drones. During the shelling of Donetsk by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one of the shells hit a minibus.