Overview
- By 16:00 local time, the General Staff logged 205 engagements across the front, including 84 Russian assault attempts on the Pokrovsk axis, with 68 repelled and 16 still ongoing.
- Command says forces are blocking infiltration and conducting strike-and-search actions in the city with assault units, SBS drone operators, Special Operations groups, Military Police, National Guard and HUR elements.
- Officials reported documented enemy losses in the Pokrovsk area over the past day, including 26 killed, 64 wounded and 58 enemy infantry shelters destroyed, while reinforcing flanks and logistics for the agglomeration.
- Independent analysts at DeepState and ISW report growing Russian presence and movement inside Pokrovsk and warn of risks to nearby Myrnohrad, as frontline troops describe skies dense with UAVs and days of “hundreds” of guided bomb strikes.
- Ukraine highlights adaptation and security steps, including a successful robotic evacuation from enemy-held territory, presidential recognition of the drone-focused SBS (about 2% of personnel credited with ~35% of enemy destructions), plans for 1–5 year service contracts under development and SBU arrests of alleged FSB spotters for Kyiv and Kramatorsk.