Overview

• Ukraine’s General Staff counted 136 engagements in the past day, reporting one missile and 81 air strikes, 4,682 barrages and 6,432 kamikaze drones launched by Russia.
• Ukrainian forces said they halted 53 assaults on the Pokrovsk axis and reiterated that Yampil and the city of Kupyansk remain under their control, with fresh Russian pushes noted near Ambarne and increased southern probing around Mala Tokmachka.
• Commander‑in‑Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said parts of Russian units on the Dobropillia axis are encircled, citing 3,185 enemy casualties there (1,769 killed), 969 weapons and vehicles destroyed, and roughly 175 square kilometers liberated.
• Regional authorities reported two civilians killed in Kharkiv region and 49 injured in Zaporizhzhia, with additional injuries in Sumy after 92 strikes on 41 settlements across the oblast.
• Moldova’s election commission validated the parliamentary vote with the pro‑EU PAS leading about 50%, as police arrested three over an alleged plan to incite unrest and media flagged paid‑protest schemes; in Warsaw, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance said Tomahawks for Ukraine are under consideration and EU commissioner Andrius Kubilius urged deeper support for Ukrainian deep‑strike and European counter‑drone cooperation, while President Volodymyr Zelensky announced a technology session focused on expanding Ukraine’s long‑range drone and missile production.