Overview
- Ukraine says more than 300 Russian troops infiltrated Pokrovsk under heavy fog, with units reporting they are still holding urban positions against intense attacks.
- The General Staff recorded 170 clashes over the previous day and 118 so far today, with the highest concentration of combat on the Pokrovsk front.
- Ukrainian forces withdrew from positions near five settlements in Zaporizhzhia to preserve personnel after sustained assaults and widespread destruction of fortifications.
- Kyiv reported strikes on an oil refinery in Russia’s Saratov Oblast and fuel tanks at Feodosia in occupied Crimea, calling them critical nodes in Russian fuel supply lines.
- Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies launched a major investigation alleging a $100 million kickback scheme tied to state nuclear operator Energoatom.