Frontline fighting intensifies as strikes hit energy and fuel supplies

Intense ground fighting persists across Eastern Ukraine, with the Ukrainian General Staff reporting over 150 daily combat engagements, primarily concentrated on the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka axes. Independent analysts note that Russian advances toward Sloviansk and Kupyansk have slowed due to Ukrainian counterattacks, though Russian forces expanded their presence south of Dobropillia and claimed the capture of a settlement in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Concurrently, Russian strikes targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure triggered widespread power outages. Ukrainian authorities reported over 600,000 residents without electricity in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and 250,000 in Kharkiv Oblast, alongside heating disruptions in Kyiv and Zhytomyr Oblast.

Inside Russia, regional fuel sales restrictions emerged following a series of Ukrainian drone strikes hitting eight major oil refineries within a two-week period.

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