Overview
- Ukraine is executing a strategic defensive operation to contain advances, impose heavy losses, and strike into Russian operational depth, including inside Russia, where vulnerabilities appear.
- During a frontline visit to Northern Slobozhanshchyna and the Kursk sector, Syrskyi reported stable conditions in northern Sumy and ordered more all-terrain vehicles and additional strike assets.
- Ukrainian units are blocking Russian attempts to form assault groups and push around Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad.
- Syrskyi says Russia continues offensive operations under the cover of peace-talk signals.
- He urges continued support from the United States and European partners, says Ukraine has the resources to keep fighting, and defines a just peace as a ceasefire first with no territorial concessions.