Overview

• Ukraine’s air force said Moscow deployed 85 Shahed-type drones and an Iskander-M ballistic missile overnight, shooting down 61 drones before they reached frontline targets.
• President Zelensky and Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi reported that Ukrainian units have cleared and stabilized positions around Dobropillia and Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region.
• Kyiv’s General Staff stated its forces pushed Russian troops back by about 2 kilometres on a sector of the Sumy front and have ordered reinforcements and stronger fortifications.
• Moscow’s defence ministry claimed captures of Kolodyazi and Vorone, but Ukrainian sources and independent monitors say Russian forces have yet to secure those villages.
• Russian artillery and drone strikes damaged homes and infrastructure in the Nikopol district, and authorities recovered a civilian fatality, linking the attack’s timing to the Alaska summit.