Overview

• Ukraine’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky said forces pushed 3–7 kilometers into Russian lines on the Dobropillia front, restoring control in seven settlements and reporting a total of 160 square kilometers liberated.
• By 22:00 local time, the General Staff logged 124 combat clashes, with 47 Russian assaults on the Pokrovsk sector and 28 on the adjoining Novopavlivka axis, alongside 55 airstrikes, 98 glide bombs and 2,032 kamikaze drones used by Russia today.
• President Volodymyr Zelensky said the counteroffensive continues around Pokrovsk and Dobropillia and announced proposals to the United States for large drone and weapons procurements, as Kyiv also urged partners for more air-defense systems after overnight strikes disrupted parts of the capital’s transit payments.
• The European Commission confirmed Ukraine will join the EU’s planned ‘drone wall’ project, with talks set next week, while Western intelligence remains split on whether the recent Polish incursion was deliberate; a senior Polish diplomat called it intentional and Romania reported more than 20 instances of drone debris falling on its territory.
• Eurogroup chief Paschal Donohoe said work continues on mechanisms to channel frozen Russian assets or their profits to Ukraine without undermining investor trust, and the Financial Times reported the Commission plans to release about €550 million to Hungary to help lift its veto on new Russia sanctions.