Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported 144 combat clashes in the past day, with the fiercest fighting on the Kostyantynivka, Pokrovsk and Huliaipole axes.
- Russian attacks on the Kyiv region killed four people and injured 22, damaging 184 sites including apartment blocks, schools and energy facilities, local authorities said.
- Two emergency medical workers were killed and a third wounded by Russian fire in Kharkiv region, where additional strikes damaged homes, utilities and a hospital vehicle, officials reported.
- Ukraine struck targets inside Russia and occupied Crimea, with ISW citing fires at the Afipsky oil refinery, damage at Port Kavkaz and hits on logistics shipping and the Hanskaya airfield, alongside continued degradation of Crimean air-defense radars and Pantsir systems reported by Ukrainian units.
- Russia reported shooting down large numbers of drones across multiple regions, including near Moscow, while Ukraine advanced a sanctions push seeking EU travel bans for nearly 130 Russian commanders and imposed new measures on defense-linked entities, as partners sought Ukrainian counter-drone expertise.