Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported 169 combat clashes in the past 24 hours with nearly 60 on the Pokrovsk front, describing strike-and-search operations to block Russian infiltration.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed house-to-house advances in Pokrovsk and said 64 buildings were captured, a picture Kyiv disputes as its forces say they are holding defensive lines.
- Ukraine said long-range drones struck Lukoil’s Volgograd refinery; the regional governor reported one civilian killed and a fire in an industrial zone as 13 airports temporarily halted flights.
- Reuters, cited by Al Jazeera, reported the Volgograd refinery halted operations with damage to two primary processing units, while Moscow said 75 Ukrainian drones were downed overnight.
- Kyiv confirmed a strike on a Shahed drone storage and assembly base near Donetsk airport and reported hits on energy sites including Russia’s Kostroma power station, as Russian drone attacks injured civilians in Ukrainian regions such as Kharkiv and Kamianske.