Overview

• Ukraine’s General Staff recorded 1 rocket strike, 81 airstrikes, 50 rockets launched, 156 glide bombs dropped, 4,682 shelling incidents and 6,432 kamikaze drones over the past day.
• Defenders say they stopped 53 assault attempts on the Pokrovsk direction, as Russian forces also pushed on the Novopavlivka sector and probed multiple fronts.
• Kyiv says Yampil and Kupyansk remain under Ukrainian control, with counter‑diversion operations ongoing and access to Kupyansk restricted for security measures.
• Commander‑in‑chief Oleksandr Syrskyi reports some Russian units on the Dobropillia axis are encircled, citing thousands of enemy casualties and extensive equipment losses.
• At the Warsaw Security Forum, European and NATO officials weighed tougher responses to airspace incursions, integrated drone defenses and deeper‑strike support for Ukraine, with Germany calling recent violations hybrid aggression and U.S. officials saying Tomahawks are under discussion.