Overview
- By 16:00 local time, the General Staff logged 81 engagements with 18 Russian assaults on the Pokrovsk sector, while fighting also continued on the Kostiantynivka, Lyman, Slovyansk and southern axes.
- The previous day saw 216 engagements nationwide, including 75 attacks repelled near Pokrovsk, 66 airstrikes with 164 guided bombs, over 4,100 artillery and MLRS strikes, and more than 4,000 loitering munitions used.
- Russia hit energy infrastructure in Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Odesa and Donetsk regions, and a rocket strike on Balakliya left three dead and 15 injured as crews worked to restore power and services.
- Southern commanders reported an 80% jump in Shahed use to roughly 100 per day, dozens of guided bomb strikes and over 500 artillery attacks as Russian forces pushed toward Huliaipole from the north and east.
- Kyiv announced a French defense declaration including plans for up to 100 Rafale fighters and next‑generation SAMP/T systems from 2026, while GUR published new OSINT on foreign components in Russian weapons and prosecutors reported 50 detentions tied to defense‑sector abuses.