Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff recorded 170 combat engagements in the past 24 hours, the highest concentration reported on the Pokrovsk axis.
- Defenders say they halted 63 Russian assaults across settlements in and around Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad, reflecting sustained pressure on the sector.
- ISW assesses that Ukrainian counterattacks have slowed Russian progress on northern and western approaches, while Russian forces push from the east and south in moves that may seek a sub-pocket and exert fire control over Ukrainian GLOCs.
- Ukrainian forces recently cleared Rodynske north of Pokrovsk in an effort to stabilize the threatened northern flank.
- The General Staff detailed one missile strike, 36 airstrikes, 4,231 instances of shelling, and 4,286 loitering munitions used in a day, and reported a cumulative Russian personnel loss estimate of about 1,153,180 including 1,020 in the last day.