Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff says reinforced units, special forces and unmanned-systems crews are conducting strike-and-search operations in Pokrovsk to block Russian infiltration attempts.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry claims house‑to‑house advances in Pokrovsk and the capture of 64 buildings in 24 hours, a statement not independently verified by journalists on the ground.
- Ukraine reports a long‑range drone strike on Lukoil’s Volgograd refinery; the regional governor says one civilian was killed by shrapnel and a fire broke out as multiple Russian airports temporarily suspended flights.
- Kyiv confirms a strike on a Shahed drone storage and assembly base near occupied Donetsk airport, describing secondary detonations after a months‑long reconnaissance effort.
- Overnight salvos were large on both sides: Ukraine says Russia launched 135 drones with 108 downed, while Moscow reports shooting down 75 Ukrainian drones and acknowledges incidents at energy sites including the Kostroma power station without power outages.