Overview

• The General Staff said 149 combat engagements occurred in the previous day, with Russia launching 91 air strikes, dropping 215 guided bombs, conducting 5,436 shelling incidents and using 5,256 kamikaze drones.
• By mid-afternoon Monday, the military reported 78 engagements so far today, with the heaviest fighting around the Pokrovsk axis and significant pressure also on the Oleksandrivske sector.
• An SBU source said Ukrainian SBU and Special Operations Forces drones struck the Feodosia oil terminal and power substations in occupied Crimea overnight, causing fires and equipment damage; these reports have not been officially confirmed by Ukraine.
• Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said seven additional countries plan to join NATO’s PURL initiative and Slovenia announced it has joined, as President Volodymyr Zelensky urged partners to supply Patriot, NASAMS, SAMP/T and long-range missiles.
• Ukraine’s emergency service reported three civilian deaths from Russian drone attacks in Chernihiv and Zaporizhzhia regions, and ISW assessed Russia has entered a 'zero phase' of preparing information and psychological conditions for a possible future conflict with NATO.