Overview
- Ukraine’s Security Service said sea drones critically damaged the tanker Dashan in Ukraine’s exclusive economic zone, the third strike on a ‘shadow fleet’ vessel in two weeks.
- Ukraine’s deputy energy minister reported Russian drone hits on Odesa’s gas transport system, though declared volumes on the Transbalkan LNG route were largely unchanged.
- Rolling blackouts intensified across multiple regions and Kyiv imposed tighter power-use limits while arranging additional energy imports to offset extensive grid damage.
- Ukraine’s military reported heavy fighting, including a large Russian mechanized assault inside Pokrovsk, while regional authorities listed new civilian injuries from strikes.
- A UN human rights report documented a sharp rise in civilian casualties since June and sustained attacks on energy infrastructure, as cross-border drone activity continued near Moscow.