Heavy frontline fighting continues across eastern Ukraine alongside deadly drone attacks

Heavy fighting continues across eastern Ukraine, with the Ukrainian General Staff reporting over 221 combat engagements daily, concentrated along the Pokrovsk, Lyman, and Kostiantynivka axes. Near Kupiansk, Ukrainian forces conducted infantry clearing operations along the Oskil River after using electronic warfare to suppress Russian drone capabilities.

Territorial reporting remains contested across several sectors. Russian authorities claimed to capture settlements near Sumy, while Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov denied reports of Ukrainian gains in Zaporizhzhia. Conversely, Ukrainian forces reportedly achieved advances north of Kupiansk and in the Lyman direction.

Concurrently, Russian overnight strikes involving more than 130 drones targeted multiple Ukrainian regions. The attacks resulted in civilian fatalities in Kyiv Oblast, including a mother and two children, and killed a priest at a monastery in Kherson Oblast.

Sources: NV, Point, Radio Svoboda, The Insider, Ukrainska Pravda.