Overview
- Ukrainian General Staff logged 223 combat engagements over the past day, with the heaviest pressure concentrated on the Pokrovsk axis.
- Defenders said they stopped 87 assault and offensive actions near multiple settlements around Pokrovsk, while Russian forces attacked 27 times on the Novopavlivka direction.
- Officials reported 71 airstrikes, 131 guided bombs, 4,672 kamikaze drones and 5,017 shelling incidents, including 93 salvos from multiple‑launch rocket systems.
- The operational‑strategic group 'Dnipro' said Russian forces renewed offensive moves toward Lypci on the Pivdenno‑Slobozhansky direction as Ukrainian units held positions across Lyman, Kupiansk, Siversk and Toretsk sectors.
- Kyiv authorities said a drone attack damaged the telecom channel serving Kyivpastrans, disrupting card payment and ticket validation on the speed tram and funicular, with debris damaging trolley infrastructure and no casualties reported.