Overview

• Ukraine’s General Staff recorded 149 combat engagements over the past day, with the heaviest fighting on the Pokrovsk and Oleksandrivsk axes and extensive use of guided bombs, artillery and thousands of kamikaze drones.
• By 16:00 local time, the military reported 78 clashes so far today, with over a third on the Pokrovsk direction and active battles also around the Kostiantynivka and Oleksandrivsk sectors.
• An SBU source said Ukrainian SBU ‘A’ Center and Special Operations Forces drones struck the Feodosia marine oil terminal and high‑voltage substations in occupied Crimea, triggering large fires and power disruptions, as local pro‑Russian officials acknowledged a blaze; Kyiv did not issue a formal public confirmation.
• Slovenia joined NATO’s PURL mechanism to fund US‑made defensive systems for Ukraine, and Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said seven more countries intend to contribute, as President Volodymyr Zelensky called for Patriot, NASAMS and SAMP‑T to protect energy and civilian infrastructure.
• President Donald Trump signaled he may consider Tomahawk transfers to Ukraine, a prospect Russia’s Dmitry Medvedev warned would be a dangerous escalation, while the OSCE troika condemned Russia’s intensified attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid as violations of international humanitarian law.