Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,349

"Fighting Russia said on Monday that its troops had advanced in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, an important transport and logistics hub that they have been trying to capture for more than a year, but Ukraine said its forces were holding on. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters that Pokrovsk remained under severe pressure, though Russian troops had made no gains in the past day."

"The Russian Ministry of Defence said its forces had carried out heavy overnight strikes on a Ukrainian military airfield, a military equipment repair base and military-industrial facilities, as well as gas infrastructure facilities that supported them. Ukraine's military said it hit an oil refinery in Russia's Saratov region, adding that a successful strike and resulting fire had been recorded on one of the refining facilities."

"Ukraine's 7th Rapid Response Corps said that Ukrainian forces had thwarted a Russian attempt to cut off a supply route to Pokrovsk from Rodynske, to the north. Elsewhere, Russia said its troops had also attacked Ukrainian forces near another eastern city, Kupiansk, and dislodged them from four fortified positions in the industrial zone on the left bank of the Oskol River. Zelenskyy said that up to 60 Russian soldiers remained in Kupiansk, and that Ukrainian forces were trying to clear them."

Russian forces claimed advances around Pokrovsk, a key transport and logistics hub, while Ukrainian troops reported holding positions under severe pressure. Russia has reportedly massed troops near Dobropillia, where Kyiv previously advanced, complicating the frontline. Ukraine's 7th Rapid Response Corps said it thwarted a Russian attempt to cut off a supply route from Rodynske. Russian attacks near Kupiansk displaced Ukrainian forces from fortified positions on the Oskol River's left bank, with up to 60 Russian soldiers reportedly remaining there. Moscow reported heavy strikes on Ukrainian military and gas infrastructure; Kyiv said it struck an oil refinery in Saratov and targeted logistical facilities in occupied Luhansk. Zelenskyy announced plans to open arms export and joint weapons production offices in Berlin and Copenhagen this year.

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