Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff logged 203 combat engagements in the past day and 4,804 kamikaze drones used by Russia, with the heaviest assaults on the Pokrovsk and Oleksandrivsk axes.
- Zelensky held a second call in two days with President Trump and also spoke with President Macron, seeking Patriots, other air‑defence missiles and longer‑range capabilities, including Tomahawks under consideration by Washington.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned of escalation risks tied to any Tomahawk deliveries, while Macron condemned Russian strikes on Ukraine’s infrastructure and pledged support for restoring vital services.
- Financial Times reported the United States has for months provided intelligence to help Ukraine target Russian energy assets, as Kyiv this week reported striking a maritime oil terminal in occupied Feodosia, Crimea.
- Ukraine’s energy ministry said the grid remains under control but strained by continued strikes that have also hit repair crews, while regional officials reported fresh civilian casualties and damage in Dnipropetrovsk and Kramatorsk.