Overview
- The General Staff reported more than 200 combat engagements on Friday, saying Ukrainian forces faced 233 clashes in one daily summary and later 192 clashes as fighting was fiercest on the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka directions.
- Ukrainian authorities said Russian forces launched very large combined air-and-drone raids that included thousands of kamikaze drones and dozens of missiles in single-day waves while July air-defence tallies showed over 5,100 strike drones and more than 200 cruise and ballistic missiles intercepted.
- Ukraine warned of a critical shortage of interceptor missiles for systems such as Patriot and has been pressing partners for missile deliveries and production licenses to halt a decline in its ability to stop ballistic and quasi-ballistic threats.
- Ukrainian strike units and the Forces of Unmanned Systems reported hits on targets in occupied Crimea, damage to radar and UAV relay sites, strikes on at least six 'shadow fleet' vessels and an FSB base in Kherson region, as Kyiv seeks to disrupt Russian logistics and command nodes.
- Kyiv is tightening internal security and international pressure: courts sentenced a recruited agent to nine years, the SBU detained local guides for strikes in Mykolaiv, and the EU added five defence‑industry figures to sanctions lists to target Russia's weapons supply chain.