Frontline fighting intensifies as energy networks and fuel supplies suffer damage

Heavy combat persists along the frontline, with over 150 daily clashes recorded across Ukraine. According to military reports, Russian offensives near Kupyansk and Sloviansk have slowed due to Ukrainian counterattacks, though Russian forces expanded operational control south of Dobropillia and claimed a new settlement in the Zaporizhzhia region.

At the same time, targeted Russian air strikes against Ukrainian power grid infrastructure triggered extensive outages across multiple regions. More than 600,000 residents lost power in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, while 250,000 subscribers were left without electricity in Kharkiv Oblast alongside heat disruptions in Kyiv and Zhytomyr.

Concurrently, fuel rationing was introduced across several Russian regions following a wave of Ukrainian drone strikes targeting eight domestic oil refineries within two weeks.

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