Overview

• Russia unleashed a record onslaught of Shahed drones and cruise missiles overnight, triggering air raid alerts in Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv and near Odessa.
• Ukrainian General Staff reported 141 Russian probes on Monday, with 53 attacks concentrated around the strategic city of Pokrovsk.
• Military analysts warn a recent breakthrough north of Pokrovsk between Toretsk and Kostyantynivka threatens to open a new axis of advance toward Donetsk.
• President Zelenskiy said there is no sign Moscow wants peace and accused the Kremlin of preparing a fresh large-scale offensive.
• Kremlin leader Putin reiterated plans for a 30-kilometer buffer zone within Ukraine, a strategy that could pave the way for further advances toward Sumy.