Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff logged 167 combat engagements in the past day, with the fiercest fighting on the Pokrovsk axis, where the 79th air assault brigade says it crippled a Russian battalion.
- Russian forces launched 101 airstrikes and dropped 287 guided bombs while deploying thousands of loitering munitions; Ukraine reports shooting down 194 of 211 attack drones since Saturday evening, including an unusual morning wave targeting Kyiv region.
- Grid operator Ukrenergo reported new blackouts for consumers in Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Chernihiv after strikes on energy infrastructure, and regional officials said a civilian enterprise in Kharkiv was hit, injuring three.
- On the Zaporizhzhia front near Huliaypole, heavy battles continue around Mirne, Bilohiria and Luhivske without confirmed Russian gains, according to the southern defense spokesperson.
- Canada and five Nordic countries agreed in Oslo to deepen joint defense production and procurement for Ukraine’s support, as the UK declined to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz for now but offered drones and interceptors, and EU ministers discussed steps to keep the waterway open.