Overview
- The General Staff logged 170 combat engagements in the past day and said Russia used 36 airstrikes, 4,231 barrages and 4,286 kamikaze drones across multiple fronts.
- Ukrainian forces are battling Russian groups inside Pokrovsk after enemy infiltration through the southern outskirts, while Southern Defense said units pulled back from positions near five settlements in Zaporizhia to preserve personnel.
- Ukraine confirmed overnight strikes on Russia’s Saratov oil refinery and an oil terminal in occupied Feodosia, reporting explosions and fires with damage assessments pending.
- The SBU detained an alleged FSB agent laying a grenade trap in a Kharkiv park and arrested a suspected GRU asset accused of preparing to bomb a major gas pipeline serving parts of Kharkiv and Poltava.
- Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk said repairs have begun at Centrenergo’s damaged TPPs as Ukrenergo reported rolling outages in Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa, and NABU detained five and notified seven suspects in a long‑running scheme affecting state energy firms including Energoatom.