Frontline combat persists as infrastructure strikes impact energy supplies

Intense fighting continues across eastern Ukraine, with over 150 daily combat engagements reported along the frontline. While Ukrainian counterattacks have tempered Russian momentum near Kupyansk and Sloviansk, Russian forces expanded their control south of Dobropillia and claimed territorial gains in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Simultaneously, targeted Russian air strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure triggered widespread blackouts across multiple regions. Power disruptions affected more than 600,000 residents in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and 250,000 in Kharkiv Oblast, alongside heat and electricity outages in Kyiv and Zhytomyr.

Meanwhile, fuel supply constraints led to sales restrictions at filling stations across several Russian regions. The shortages follow a series of Ukrainian drone strikes targeting eight Russian oil refineries over a two-week period.

Sources: Belsat, NEXTA, The Insider, Радіо Свобода, Українська правда.