Overview

• An account cited by Ukraine’s Strana.ua described the situation for Ukrainian troops near Pokrovsk as approaching critical, while Russian officials reported gains around Kotelne and Udachne and street fighting on the city’s southern edge.
• Russian outlets highlighted intensified actions near Seversk, including a reconnaissance raid that destroyed a Ukrainian firing position and claims of increased strikes causing heavy Ukrainian losses.
• Ukrainian media reported explosions in Sumy and later in Kharkiv during overnight air-raid alerts, with sirens also noted in parts of Dnipropetrovsk region.
• President Volodymyr Zelensky said he held a second call in two days with President Donald Trump on strengthening air defenses and long-range capabilities, mentioning possible Tomahawk deliveries with no final decision disclosed, as Trump departed for a Gaza summit and said any stabilization forces there would likely see limited use.
• Poland’s National Security Bureau chief Sławomir Cenckiewicz said he opposes extraditing Ukrainian citizen Vladimir Zhuravlev, a Nord Stream suspect, to Germany.