Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported 165 combat engagements concentrated on the Pokrovsk and Southern Slobozhanske directions, with dozens of Russian attacks by missiles, aviation and thousands of loitering drones.
- Ukrainian forces said they struck Russian drone launch and logistics sites, ammunition depots and command nodes to blunt the drone campaign and disrupt enemy supply lines.
- Energy infrastructure suffered new damage: DTEK reported a thermal power plant stopped generation after a strike and Ukrenergo announced emergency rolling disconnections across multiple regions to protect the grid.
- Large humanitarian movements continued: President Zelenskyy said 270 people, mostly military, returned in a prisoner exchange and the ombudsman reported ongoing civilian returns through the Mokrany–Domanove corridor.
- Regional tensions rose after a commercial ship was struck near Romanian waters and Ukraine accused Belarus of hosting retransmitters that aid Russian drone attacks, increasing NATO-area security concerns.