Overview
- The General Staff said 169 engagements occurred over the past day, including 58 assaults along the Pokrovsk axis, with 4,916 shelling incidents and 5,525 kamikaze drones recorded.
- Analysts report localized Russian gains through infiltration tactics that target Ukrainian drone crews, while Ukrainian forces continue counteractions inside the urban area.
- Southern Defence officials denied claims that Russian troops captured locations in Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, stating Pavlivka remains contested and parts of nearby areas are a gray zone.
- Dnipro was hit by UAVs in the evening, leaving four people injured and damaging a residential building, according to regional authorities.
- A Zaporizhzhia court sentenced Russian serviceman Dmytro Kurashov to life for executing a surrendered POW, and the Prosecutor General’s Office said it will appeal a separate acquittal in a war-crimes case.