Overview
- Ukrainian and Russian sources report Russian infantry inside Pokrovsk with urban combat under way and supply routes under fire.
- Ukraine’s military says the city is not sealed off and key logistics remain open, while the Kremlin claims thousands of defenders are trapped.
- The Institute for the Study of War and other analysts say there is no evidence of a complete encirclement despite a narrowing corridor.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy describes a precarious situation and says attackers outnumber defenders by roughly eight to one.
- Russia launched more than 650 drones and over 50 missiles across Ukraine, damaging thermal power plants and causing outages as authorities reported deaths and injuries in Zaporizhzhia.