Overview

• Ukraine’s General Staff recorded 136 combat engagements in the past day, including 81 airstrikes and 6,432 loitering drones, with 53 Russian assaults stopped on the Pokrovsk axis.
• By 16:00 today, the military reported 75 additional engagements across the front, including 19 clashes in the Pokrovsk sector.
• Commander‑in‑Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said some Russian units on the Dobropillia axis were encircled and cited significant Russian personnel and equipment losses during the counteroffensive.
• Regional authorities reported mounting civilian harm from strikes: two killed and three wounded in Kharkiv region, 49 wounded in Zaporizhzhia, and multiple injuries in Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
• At the Warsaw Security Forum, EU figures urged integrating Ukrainian air‑defence know‑how and backing deeper strike capabilities, while U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance said Washington is considering possible Tomahawk transfers.