Overview
- The General Staff said Russian forces conducted active assault operations on seven directions, concentrating efforts on the Pokrovsk, Huliaipole, Lyman and Oleksandrivsk axes.
- Russian strikes over the past day included one missile launch and 67 air strikes employing 174 guided aerial bombs, according to the update.
- Ukrainian defenders reported stopping 40 assault attempts on the Pokrovsk axis and 36 on Huliaipole, with additional attacks recorded near Lyman and Oleksandrivsk.
- Russia carried out 2,702 shellings, including 45 from multiple‑launch rocket systems, and used 4,812 kamikaze drones, the General Staff reported.
- Ukrainian aviation, missile troops and artillery hit three areas of enemy concentration, while air strikes also impacted settlements in Zaporizhia region such as Zaliznychne, Sviatopetrivka, Staroukrainka, Huliaipole, Varvarivka, Rizdvyanka and Bilohirya.