Overview

• Ukraine’s General Staff logged 186 engagements on Sept. 26 with 62 attacks repelled on the Pokrovsk axis, and reported 82 clashes by mid‑afternoon Sept. 27.
• Ukrainian commanders say Russian forces are trying to encircle the Pokrovsko‑Myrnohrad area, with heavy losses reported by Kyiv’s military.
• Ukraine officially confirmed a strike on Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat in Bashkortostan, an attack linked by officials and analysts to broader fuel shortfalls in Russia and an acute shortage in occupied Crimea acknowledged by Sergei Aksyonov.
• Kyiv cited cumulative Russian losses of about 1,107,400 personnel with 970 in the past day, noting these are Ukrainian government estimates that Moscow does not publish.
• Denmark’s military confirmed drones over several bases overnight, Norway is probing sightings near its F‑35 hub, and Estonian authorities recovered drone debris on a protected shoreline as investigations continue; President Zelensky also confirmed talks with the United States on long‑range weapons after Axios reported a U.S. refusal to provide Tomahawks.