Overview
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said additional U.S.-made Patriot systems are now in Ukraine and entering service, thanking Germany for deliveries arranged with U.S. backfill assurances for Berlin.
- Ukraine reported Russia fired 12 missiles and about 130–138 drones overnight, with air defenses claiming 92 drones downed or jammed; a man was killed in Sumy and energy sites were struck in several regions.
- Pokrovsk remains the focal point of ground combat, with roughly 26–30% of clashes and half of Russian glide-bomb strikes concentrated there; Kyiv says lines are holding after dozens of assaults, while Moscow claims gains.
- Kyiv’s forces said they hit Russia’s Saratov refinery, and long-range drones reached deep into Bashkortostan where local officials reported explosions at the Sterlitamak petrochemical plant but said operations continued.
- President Donald Trump said he is not currently considering a Tomahawk missile deal for Ukraine, limiting Kyiv’s access to certain long‑range strike options even as NATO partners coordinate other supplies.