Overview
- Street fighting is reported inside Pokrovsk after Russian units infiltrated from the south, with Ukrainian sources citing roughly 200 soldiers establishing positions in the city.
- Ukraine denies Kremlin claims that its forces are fully encircled, saying a constrained supply corridor remains under fire as ISW reports no evidence of a completed siege.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy describes a highly precarious defense, saying attackers outnumber Ukrainian troops by roughly eight to one on this front.
- Ukrenergo introduced emergency outages after a large wave of Russian strikes that Zelenskyy said used more than 650 drones and at least 50 rockets, while DTEK reported damage to multiple thermal power plants.
- Authorities in Zaporizhzhia report at least two people killed and dozens injured, including children, with residential buildings and a student dormitory among the sites hit.