Overview

• Ukraine reported over a hundred strike drones launched overnight with 86 downed, fresh damage to energy facilities, and temporary emergency power cuts that Ukrenergo later lifted across seven affected regions.
• The General Staff logged 182 combat engagements in the past day, with the heaviest pressure on the Pokrovsk axis where defenders said they stopped 69 assaults.
• Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans announced €90 million for Ukrainian drone production and highlighted a €200 million counter‑UAS package, urging a continuous support flow.
• Finland said it is joining the NATO‑coordinated PURL mechanism, as ministers in Brussels press peers to contribute more equitably to funding U.S. systems Ukraine cannot source in Europe.
• Ukraine’s Security Service detained an alleged FSB agent accused of scouting Odesa air‑defense positions, and the UN World Food Programme condemned the destruction of its marked trucks in Kherson with no casualties reported.