Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported 235 combat engagements over the past day, including 72 on the Pokrovsk axis, with new clashes continuing today across multiple sectors.
- Ukrainian authorities confirmed Russian forces crossed near Grabovske in Sumy region and forcibly transported more than 50 civilians to Russia, prompting criminal investigations and calls for international action.
- Fighting is ongoing in and around Grabovske as Ukrainian units work to push Russian troops back across the border, with officials stressing that the incursion appears localized.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia launched about 1,300 strike drones, nearly 1,200 guided bombs and nine missiles over the past week, with Odesa region suffering the heaviest damage.
- Ukraine reported long‑range strikes on a Russian patrol ship and a Lukoil offshore platform in the Caspian Sea, while British intelligence assessed a recent Ukrainian attack likely crippled a Russian Varshavyanka‑class submarine in Novorossiysk; border units also destroyed Russian positions and equipment in the South‑Slobozhanskyi area.