Ukraine Logs 181 Clashes as Fighting Peaks on Kostyantynivka and Pokrovsk Fronts

Overview

• The General Staff said Ukrainian and Russian forces fought 181 engagements Friday across several fronts in an 08:00 Saturday update.
• Russian forces carried out 59 airstrikes that dropped 228 guided bombs, launched 8,269 kamikaze drones, and conducted 3,567 shelling attacks including 67 from multiple‑launch rocket systems.
• The heaviest combat focused on the Kostyantynivka and Pokrovsk sectors, where Ukraine reported stopping 35 and 36 assaults respectively.
• Other axes saw smaller pushes, including eight attacks near Kupiansk and nine on the Lyman line, while defenders repelled a strike near the Antonivskyi bridge and saw no Russian offensive groupings form in Volyn or Polissia.
• Ukrainian aviation struck three areas with concentrated Russian personnel, and the General Staff estimated about 1,300 Russian personnel losses over the day with total losses since 2022 reported at roughly 1.29 million.