Overview
- The General Staff said late Monday that fighting reached 121 engagements, with 25 battles on the Pokrovsk axis and 17 near Kostiantynivka, while Russian forces dropped 162 guided bombs and launched about 5,950 one‑way attack drones during the day.
- Ukrainian forces struck infrastructure at Novorossiysk’s Shesharis oil terminal overnight, and satellite images published Monday showed damage to a berth and on‑site facilities at the key export hub as Kyiv framed such hits as “long‑range sanctions” on Russian energy income.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said a night drone strike on Odesa killed three people, including a two‑year‑old, and injured 18, while officials in Kharkiv reported several civilians hurt after waves of drones hit homes and utilities.
- The Institute for the Study of War assessed that Ukrainian counterattacks near Huliaipole and on the Oleksandrivka axis are forcing Russia to shift troops and slowing its spring–summer push, as Commander‑in‑Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi reported regaining about 480 square kilometers and 12 settlements in that sector.
- Serbia’s military security chief publicly rejected claims of Ukrainian involvement in explosive devices found near a Balkan gas pipeline, saying markings point to a U.S. manufacturer, as Hungary increased protection of its section following the weekend discovery.