Overview
- Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said the confirmed death toll in Ternopil rose to 26, with about 93 injured and reports of 26 people missing as search teams work through extensive rubble.
- The State Emergency Service reported more than 230 responders and 50 units of equipment at the site, noting complex manual work and confirming three children among the dead and 18 among the injured.
- Ukraine’s General Staff recorded about 193–200 combat engagements in the past day, including 55 Russian assaults on the Pokrovsk sector; Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi cited efforts to disrupt Russian logistics and heavy enemy losses there in recent days.
- Ukrainian drones struck the Zuyivska and Starobeshivska thermal power plants in occupied Donetsk region, damaging key equipment, triggering widespread outages and a state of emergency declared by occupation authorities.
- Zelensky and Turkey’s Erdoğan discussed restarting a peace process and prisoner exchanges, as international media reported a U.S. peace proposal that Kyiv and Washington have not commented on; UK and German officials called for sustained support to Ukraine and stronger sanctions on Russia.