09:46⇢Russians Walk Into Kupyansk
⌨The newspapers report extensively on Russian military advances, with claims of capturing Voznesenka village in DPR (Izvestia, RBC, Vesti) and Russian forces entering Kupyansk (Meduza, RIA). Putin increased disability payments for military personnel to 4 million rubles (Kommersant, NTV). The Moscow Times reports on apparent sanctions circumvention through Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Armenia's increased EU imports matching their exports to Russia.