Overview
- The General Staff, in Tuesday’s evening report, logged 128 battles and said most clashes were near Kostyantynivka, Pokrovsk and Huliaipole, where defenders reported holding positions against repeated assaults.
- Commanders detailed large-scale Russian airpower and drone use over 24 hours, including 43 air strikes, 145 guided bombs and 4,878 kamikaze drones targeting troops and towns.
- A Russian FPV drone hit a public minibus in Nikopol, killing four and injuring others, as southern officials reported a wider toll of nine dead and 49 wounded from strikes on homes, markets and transport.
- Ukrenergo reported consumers without power in seven oblasts after attacks and said repair crews are working where safe, with a call for evening energy conservation to stabilize the grid.
- Ukraine confirmed damaging the Ust-Luga Oil terminal in Russia and reported hits on other fuel sites, actions that target export nodes funding the war, while military intelligence disclosed a deep-raid capture of a Russian GRU officer near the dried Kakhovka reservoir.