Overview

• Ukraine’s air defenses downed roughly 70 of 100 Russian drones launched overnight and intercepted multiple missile and artillery strikes on civilian areas.
• Ukrainian forces recorded 137 combat engagements on August 10, with the fiercest ground battles unfolding around Pokrovsk and Novopavlivka where defenders repelled dozens of assaults.
• Ukrainian drones hit industrial zones in Russia’s Saratov and Nizhny Novgorod regions, killing at least one person and damaging an oil refinery and other facilities.
• Russian drone, rocket and artillery attacks on Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson regions have caused civilian casualties, infrastructure damage and prompted war crimes investigations by Ukrainian prosecutors.
• Kyiv has appealed for accelerated delivery of Western air defense systems as Presidents Trump and Putin prepare to meet in Alaska on August 15 to discuss a possible path toward ending the conflict.