Overview
- Ukraine’s 7th Rapid Response Corps said more than 300 Russian troops have entered Pokrovsk under heavy fog, while Kyiv maintains supply runs to nearby Myrnohrad and denies encirclement.
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported 170 combat clashes in the past day, with 63 on the Pokrovsk axis, as Russia concentrates forces to seize the logistics hub.
- Ukrainian forces struck an oil refinery in Russia’s Saratov Oblast and fuel tanks at the Sea Oil Terminal in occupied Feodosia, with additional hits on a Russian warehouse in Donetsk Oblast.
- Ukrainian troops pulled back from positions near five settlements in Zaporizhzhia Oblast to preserve personnel under intense fire, as both sides reported contested fighting near Kupiansk.
- Officials reported widespread power outages and civilian casualties from Russian strikes, and anti-corruption agencies opened a major probe into alleged kickbacks involving state nuclear operator Energoatom.