Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff says units in the Pokrovsk–Myrnohrad area are not encircled and that measures are underway to block Russian groups trying to infiltrate and accumulate inside the city.
- Strike‑search operations are active in Pokrovsk with specialized assault and intelligence elements deployed, including the 425th assault unit, SBS operators, combined SSO groups, military law enforcement, the SBU, the National Guard and the GUR.
- Independent analysts from ISW and DeepState report Russian forces advancing and operating with increasing freedom inside parts of Pokrovsk and warn that a fall of the city could imperil nearby Mirnograd.
- Ukrainian reports cite heavy Russian attrition on the Pokrovsk axis, including 119 enemy personnel neutralized in one day with 94 irrecoverable, alongside strikes on UAV hubs, vehicles and infantry shelters during the week.
- Officials note a surge in Russian guided aerial bombs and FPV drones centered on Pokrovsk, with President Zelensky stating roughly one third of all frontline fighting and about half of guided‑bomb use are focused there.