Overview
- Kyiv and Paris signed a declaration of intent that includes immediate supply lines for drones, counter‑drone systems and guided munitions, with plans for next‑generation SAMP/T deployment from 2026 and an acquisition program for up to 100 Rafale fighters, according to French and Ukrainian officials.
- The General Staff reported 216 combat engagements in 24 hours, with the heaviest pressure on the Pokrovsk axis and increased assaults toward Huliaipole, as Russia intensified air‑dropped guided bomb use and kamikaze drone attacks.
- Overnight strikes damaged energy facilities in Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Odesa and Donetsk regions, leaving customers without power and prompting hourly shutdown schedules, while a rocket strike on Balakliia killed three and injured at least 15.
- Ukraine’s military intelligence published new OSINT identifying foreign machine tools and components in Russian weapons production, information it says is feeding fresh sanctions initiatives against the Russian defense sector.
- Poland opened a sabotage probe after a Warsaw–Lublin rail blast on a key aid corridor, with traffic rerouted and minor delays reported, as Ukraine’s prosecutors announced 50 recent detentions and more than 30 million UAH in alleged illicit gains uncovered in defense‑sector cases.