Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff said it recorded 159 engagements over the past day and halted 36 assaults near Pokrovsk, which remains the most active sector.
- The military reported a hit on the Black Sea Fleet’s Striletsky command point in Sevastopol, while local channels described blasts and a fire at a Feodosiya oil depot during overnight drone attacks in Crimea.
- Russian regional officials in Samara said drone strikes damaged homes and an industrial site, causing deaths and injuries in Syzran and Novokuybyshevsk.
- Russia’s drone and air attacks struck energy facilities again, with grid operator Ukrenergo citing major outages in Sumy region and local authorities reporting new civilian casualties and damage.
- EU leaders finalized a €90 billion loan for Ukraine with two-thirds earmarked for defense and a first tranche due in the second quarter, and they urged other countries to help close remaining funding gaps.