Conflicting reports emerge from the Russia-Ukraine frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region, as Moscow claims to have halted Kyiv's counter-offensive, while Ukraine asserts its continued progress. Since launching its counter-offensive in June, Ukraine has recaptured a few small villages in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region.

However, overall advances have been limited, and the broader frontline remains largely unchanged.

Yevgeny Balitsky, the top Moscow-appointed official in the Zaporizhzhia region, stated that the enemy's counter-offensive had been completely halted, although small battles persist near the villages of Robotyne and Shcherbaky. Both sides control the flow of battlefield information, making it challenging to determine significant advancements and the intensity of the fighting.

Ukraine's General Staff reported that Russian forces attempted unsuccessful assaults near Robotyne and Verbove. Meanwhile, the Russian defense ministry claimed to have repelled Ukrainian attacks in those areas.

Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War in Washington noted limited Ukrainian advances west of Verbove.

Ukraine's General Staff also stated that its forces were conducting offensive operations in the western Zaporizhzhia region, exhausting the enemy along the entire frontline. Russia reported repelling Ukrainian air attacks in the region.

Despite differing accounts, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejected the notion of a "stalemate" in the conflict, contradicting his Commander-in-chief General Valery Zaluzhnyi's assessment of a shift toward static and attritional fighting.