Overview
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said additional U.S.-made Patriot systems have arrived and are entering service, thanking Germany for the delivery arranged with U.S. backfill assurances.
- Ukraine reported intercepting 92 of roughly 130 drones in the latest overnight barrage that also included missiles, with civilian casualties and damage recorded in Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk regions and further hits on energy sites.
- Ukrainian long-range drones struck the Sterlitamak industrial complex in Russia’s Bashkortostan, where officials reported damage to a water treatment installation and no fatalities, and Kyiv’s General Staff said a Saratov refinery was also hit.
- Pokrovsk remains the focal point of ground combat, with Zelenskyy saying about 26–30% of frontline clashes and half of guided bomb strikes occur there as Ukraine holds key routes while Russia claims localized advances.
- President Donald Trump said he is not currently considering a deal that would enable Ukraine to obtain U.S. Tomahawk missiles, though he indicated his stance could change.