Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff, in Saturday’s update on Friday’s battles, counted 157 engagements and said the Pokrovsk–Myronhrad axis saw 35 assaults stopped.
- Sumy region police reported three dead and 22 wounded over the past day across several communities, and the city later said 13 people were hurt when overnight drones struck apartments and houses.
- Kharkiv region officials said four civilians were killed and 11 injured after attacks that hit homes, a clinic and other sites, with Russian forces using guided bombs and multiple types of drones.
- American intelligence, reported by CNN and the New York Times, assesses that Iran still has significant missile and drone capacity and is restoring damaged underground launch sites within hours despite weeks of U.S. and Israeli strikes.
- Rescue teams early Saturday were still searching for a missing F-15E crew member after the jet was shot down over Iran, while U.S. officials said the pilot in a separate A-10 crash in the Persian Gulf was found.