Overview

• The Ukrainian General Staff announced that frontline conditions east of Dobropillja and Pokrowsk have stabilized following the deployment of First Corps and Azov National Guard units.
• Officials reported that Ukrainian forces inflicted significant casualties on advancing Russian troops and captured several prisoners during counteractions.
• Prior to the stabilization, Russian units had pushed more than ten kilometers northeast of Pokrowsk toward Dobropillja, raising fears of a breakthrough.
• Despite the improved stability, Ukrainian garrisons in Pokrowsk and nearby Myrnohrad remain under acute threat of encirclement by Russian forces.
• Fighting around the coal-mining town of Pokrowsk continues to rank among the heaviest urban battles of the war, underscoring the sector’s strategic and symbolic importance.