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Ukraine Says Fighting Intensifies Near Pokrovsk as Air Defenses Down Hundreds of Drones

A sharp spike in clashes plus drone strikes signals a faster tempo.

Overview

  • - Ukraine’s General Staff reported 123 engagements by Sunday evening, with 25 Russian assaults on the Pokrovsk sector and continued clashes near Kostiantynivka and Huliaipole.
  • - Ukraine’s Air Forces said they neutralized 380 of 442 drones launched since Saturday evening, with Odesa a main target and a Kinzhal ballistic missile also fired from Russian airspace.
  • - After the large drone raid that stretched into Saturday morning, officials said two people were killed and 11 injured in Odesa, including a 9‑year‑old boy, and damage hit a maternity hospital roof, schools, homes, and power sites as prosecutors opened a war‑crimes case.
  • - The General Staff confirmed on Saturday Ukrainian long‑range strikes hit Russia’s Promsintez explosives plant in Chapayevsk with FP‑5 Flamingo missiles and set off fires at the Yaroslavl refinery, with local Russian reports noting blasts and damage assessments ongoing.
  • - Regional authorities counted heavy civilian harm and damage, including 780 attacks across 41 settlements in Zaporizhzhia with three women wounded and six people injured in Kharkiv, while President Zelensky said Russia used over 3,000 strike drones and more than 1,450 guided bombs in the past week.