Ukrainian Defense Forces units continue defensive operations on challenging frontline sections, including in Pokrovsk, Vovchansk, and Kupyansk — areas Russia has claimed to have captured, Ukraine’s General Staff reported.

Russian forces struck energy infrastructure in Ukraine's Donetsk and Kharkiv oblasts, the Energy Ministry reported.

Ukraine's security and defense agencies damaged a Russian Project 1171 (Tapir) large landing ship docked at a naval base in Novorossiysk port, preliminary data shows, a source told hromadske.

Russian commanders ordered invading troops to use civilians as human shields during an assault on the Donetsk Oblast city of Pokrovsk, intercepted radio communications show, Ukraine's Security Service and Donetsk regional prosecutors reported.