Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff logged 144 combat engagements in the past day, with roughly a third concentrated on the Pokrovsk–Mirnograd axis where 50 Russian assaults were recorded.
- The military reported 112 air strikes with 316 guided bombs, more than 8,100 strike drones and 3,875 shelling attacks, underscoring Russia’s heavy use of drones and KABs.
- Commander Oleksandr Syrskyi visited the Pokrovsk sector, saying Russian forces are pulling in reserves and probing for breakthroughs while Ukrainian units maintain defensive lines.
- Overnight strikes hit Sumy and the Shostka community, damaging residential and civilian sites, and Sumy imposed scheduled low‑pressure water supply due to power disruptions.
- The Interior Ministry increased police patrols during the national energy emergency, while a partisan group claimed—without independent confirmation—to have tracked Russian ammunition bound for the Sumy and Kharkiv directions.