Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported 209 combat clashes in the past 24 hours, with the fiercest fighting on the Pokrovsk axis and 52 Russian assaults repelled there.
- The 7th Rapid Response Corps says Ukrainian forces are reinforcing defenses, maintaining control north of Pokrovsk, and holding lines near Myrnohrad where the situation remains difficult.
- Ukrainian units report isolated Russian infiltrations and propagandistic flag-raising videos from Myrnohrad, which Kyiv characterizes as disinformation rather than evidence of control.
- The Southern Defence Forces say a significant part of Huliaipole remains under Ukrainian control despite heavy Russian assaults and street fighting, disputing Moscow’s claims of full capture.
- Naftogaz reports Russia struck the Kherson Thermal Power Plant, injuring a worker and jeopardizing heating for tens of thousands, as prosecutors investigate reports that Russian troops executed two unarmed Ukrainian POWs near Pokrovsk.