Overview
- The General Staff reported 143 clashes over the past day with 50 assaults on the Pokrovsk axis, and by 16:00 on Sunday counted 95 clashes as Ukrainian units repelled 36 of 38 attacks there and advanced up to 0.4 km on some sectors.
- Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said a GUR landing force is operating in the city alongside other units, stressed there is no encirclement or blockade, and said logistics are being maintained.
- ISW, citing geolocated footage, noted Russian gains into central and southeast Pokrovsk while describing contested control and areas of Ukrainian pushback, including action in nearby Rodynske.
- Regional authorities reported fresh civilian casualties from Russian strikes across multiple oblasts, including four deaths in Dnipropetrovsk (two children) and five in Donetsk, as Zelensky said about 1,500 attack drones, 1,170 glide bombs and over 70 missiles were used in a week.
- A Security Service source said Ukrainian drones hit the Tuapse oil terminal in Russia, igniting a tanker and damaging loading infrastructure; Russian officials acknowledged a tanker fire and facility damage without casualties.