Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported 169 combat clashes in 24 hours, with 58 on the Pokrovsk front, saying forces are blocking infiltration and conducting clearances inside the city.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed house-to-house gains in Pokrovsk and said 64 buildings were captured in a day, assertions that remain disputed and unverified.
- Ukraine said long-range drones hit the Volgograd oil refinery; Russian officials reported one person killed and an industrial fire as multiple airports paused flights, and Reuters-cited sources said the refinery halted operations.
- Kyiv confirmed a strike on a storage, assembly and launch hub for Shahed-type drones near Donetsk airport, noting explosions and a powerful secondary detonation.
- Ukraine’s HUR said Russian partisans sabotaged dozens of military freight trains inside Russia, while large-scale overnight attacks continued, including 135 Russian drones that injured eight people in Kamianske.