Overview
- Ukrainian military-linked reporting said Russian units pushed deeper into Pokrovsk, as Kyiv called the situation difficult and dismissed claims of a full encirclement.
- Army chief Olexander Syrskyj said a complex special-operations effort is underway to secure supply and evacuation routes, while Russia claimed the insertion was destroyed, a claim denied by HUR.
- Ukrainian drones hit the Russian Black Sea port of Tuapse, damaging an oil terminal and a tanker and sparking fires, with regional authorities later reporting two additional civilian ships damaged.
- Ukraine reported that Russia launched 79 drones and two ballistic missiles overnight, with at least six people killed and power cut to tens of thousands, including extensive outages in Zaporizhzhia.
- Putin offered short ‘corridors’ for foreign journalists to visit Kupiansk and Pokrovsk, a proposal Ukraine’s foreign ministry warned reporters not to trust.