Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported 131 combat engagements by 16:00, including 46 Russian assaults on the Pokrovsk axis, where Ukrainian forces are conducting search-and-strike actions and say they have halted most attacks.
- Commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said defenders hold the northern part of Pokrovsk and are disrupting attempted Russian bypasses while expanding logistics and medical evacuation routes to sustain the defense.
- Ukrainian officials said recent drone strikes hit the Dmitrievskaya oil depot in Russia’s Tambov region and the Livny facility in Oryol, describing the operations as part of a campaign targeting fuel infrastructure.
- Ukraine’s military intelligence said special units destroyed a Russian MiG-29 at Kacha airfield in occupied Crimea and struck an Irtysh radar site near Simferopol; the claims have not been independently verified.
- The UK announced new measures sanctioning the Russian GRU after a Novichok inquiry, as European officials at the OSCE pressed for greater pressure on Moscow and long-term security guarantees for Ukraine.