Overview
- Oleksandr Syrskyi reported that Ukrainian troops are holding lines in northern Sumy and degrading Russian combat potential through sustained defensive operations.
- During a visit to units in Northern Slobozhanshchyna and the Kursk sectors, he received operational briefings, refined combat tasks, and ordered deliveries of all-terrain vehicles and additional strike assets.
- He said Russia is continuing offensive actions and using ongoing peace talks as cover to push for territorial gains.
- Ukraine’s strategy centers on exhausting Russian forces, preventing advances, and striking logistics, industry, and oil infrastructure inside Russia with long-range drones.
- Syrskyi affirmed adequate resources to continue fighting, urged continued U.S. and European military support, and cited Ukrainian units blocking Russian attempts near Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad.