Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported a surge of frontline combat with 236 engagements and thousands of strike and drone attacks recorded over the past day, concentrated around the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka sectors.
- The Russian Defense Ministry announced the capture of several Donetsk settlements including Izhevsk, Gruzskoye, Nikanorovka and Kurtovka, claims that Kyiv has not independently confirmed.
- Strikes across eastern and northern Ukraine have caused civilian deaths and damage to homes and infrastructure, with authorities reporting at least three killed in Chuhuiv and five killed in a strike on Kamianske.
- Moscow also said it struck two ships at the Chornomorsk port that were carrying military supplies to Ukraine, signaling a push to disrupt maritime resupply routes.
- Diplomatic contacts continued as U.S. envoys met President Putin and the Kremlin ordered a three-day halt to strikes on Kyiv only, but Russia rejected Ukraine’s broader ceasefire proposal and fighting along the front line remains active.