Overview
- The General Staff reported 162 combat engagements in the past day, including 68 Russian assaults repelled on the Pokrovsk direction.
- Airborne forces said they are clearing northern Pokrovsk, halted a Russian attempt to cut the Pokrovsk–Rodynske road, and described the situation in nearby Myrnohrad as tense but not critical.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed delivery of Patriot air-defense systems from Germany, calling it a planned boost to Ukraine’s layered defenses.
- Ukraine’s military reported a strike on Russia’s Saratov oil refinery, recording an impact and fire at the ELOU AVT-6 processing unit, and said additional logistics targets in occupied Luhansk were hit.
- President Donald Trump said Tomahawk transfers to Ukraine are not under consideration for now, ordered Pentagon planning for possible action in Nigeria, and announced preparations related to U.S. nuclear testing.