Overview
- Ukraine’s Air Force said about 90 of the attack UAVs were Shaheds, 60 drones were shot down or jammed, and 48 struck 19 locations with a key energy facility in Chernihiv targeted.
- The General Staff reported 126 combat clashes over the past day, with the Pokrovsk sector the most active, as Ukrainian forces said they hold the city’s north and center and are expanding supply routes to Myrnohrad.
- Regional authorities reported civilian deaths and injuries and widespread infrastructure damage, including hundreds of UAV and artillery strikes in Zaporizhzhia and continued shelling in Kherson and Donetsk regions.
- Ukraine reported cross-border drone strikes on a synthetic rubber plant in Russia’s Tula region and a storage site in occupied Crimea, while Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed intercepting 172 Ukrainian UAVs over multiple regions and Moscow’s mayor reported 25 drones repelled near the capital.
- Frontline tactics reflected the drone-dominated battlefield, with Ukrainian units highlighting Russian small-group assaults, instances of mounted advances, increased use of ground robots for logistics, and strikes on Russian drone operator positions in Siversk and Pokrovsk.