Overview

• Naftogaz reported 35 missiles and about 60 drones targeted gas assets in Kharkiv and Poltava regions, calling the damage to multiple facilities critical as emergency teams work on-site.
• Ukrenergo said consumers in several regions lost power, with the harshest conditions in Sumy and Chernihiv, where controlled outages were imposed and residents were urged to conserve electricity.
• Ukraine’s General Staff logged 92 combat engagements by mid-afternoon and said defenders halted 26 assaults toward Pokrovsk, while officials warned of Russian attempts near Stepnohirske that could threaten approaches and logistics to Zaporizhzhia.
• Ukrainian security services reported intensified counterintelligence and anti-graft actions, detaining an alleged GRU agent in Slovyansk who targeted hospitals and arresting a Justice Ministry official over mobilization-evasion schemes, as a Kyiv court gave a GRU recruit posing as a chaplain 15 years in prison.
• European authorities probed a surge of drone incidents after 15 unidentified UAVs were seen over Belgium’s Elsenborn base, with Danish military intelligence describing a broader Russian hybrid effort to sow doubt within NATO.