Overview
- Ukraine’s commander-in-chief said the U.S.-backed framework under discussion contains no limits on the country’s right to mobilize troops.
- Negotiators discussed a possible force ceiling of 600,000, but Ukraine’s military leadership prefers 800,000, which Syrskyi says guarantees the ability to repel renewed aggression and enables planned mobilization.
- Syrskyi noted that options such as troop withdrawals from parts of Donetsk Oblast and other regions have been raised for consideration by military leaders.
- On the Zaporizhzhia front, Syrskyi said Ukrainian forces lost a command post in the Huliaipole sector after a defense failure; control of the city remains disputed, with a Ukrainian monitor labeling it a gray zone and Russia claiming capture.
- Ukraine reported a strike on a Russian drone logistics hub at occupied Donetsk Airport; authorities ordered mandatory evacuations in 14 Chernihiv border villages due to daily attacks, at least four people were killed and 16 injured over the past day, and the General Staff cited cumulative Russian personnel losses of about 1,206,910.