Overview

• Russian small-unit assaults have advanced up to 10 miles past Ukraine’s primary defense line near Dobropillia, jeopardizing supply routes to Kramatorsk and Pokrovsk.
• Ukraine’s General Staff reports “difficult” fighting as Kyiv rushes reserve brigades to block further Russian probes.
• President Zelenskyy has publicly rejected any cession of Donbas territory without an enforceable ceasefire and binding security guarantees.
• European leaders convened emergency calls with President Trump and President Zelenskyy to warn against legitimizing forced border changes.
• Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War and other think tanks caution that while gains are significant, it remains uncertain if Russia can convert them into a sustained breakthrough.