Overview

• The General Staff said the Pokrovsk sector saw the heaviest action, with Ukrainian forces reporting 43 assaults repelled and claiming significant Russian losses in personnel and equipment.
• Ukraine reported 67 air strikes, 128 guided bombs, 4,807 loitering munitions and 4,774 shelling attacks over the latest 24 hours.
• Fighting also intensified in the Lyman and Novopavlivka sectors, with 28 and 19 attacks respectively, alongside engagements across Kupiansk, Kramatorsk, Toretsk and other fronts.
• Regional officials reported civilian casualties from Russian attacks, including an 82-year-old woman killed in Kupiansk and additional deaths and injuries in Donetsk.
• Russia’s Defence Ministry said its forces captured Zaporizke in Dnipropetrovsk region, a claim not independently verified, as Kyiv highlighted new multi‑billion‑dollar support commitments from Norway and Germany.