Ukrainian military source stated the situation on the Pokrovsk front is very difficult with battles ongoing within Hrodivka village itself.

Everything is very grim on the Pokrovsk front, without exaggeration. Battles are ongoing for Hrodivka within the village itself.

The Security Service (SBU) detained an enemy informant in Donetsk region who is believed to have been tipping the Russians on the locations of Ukrainian defense lines in the Pokrovsk axis.

Russia's military intelligence remotely recruited a Novohrodivka resident to gather data on fortified areas and combat positions of artillery.

The informant used a chat messenger with a liaison who was a soldier from the Russian occupation force fighting in Ukraine's east.

The culprit has been charged with unauthorized dissemination of information on the movement or locations of army units and faces up to eight years in prison.

Ukraine's operation in Russia's Kursk Oblast is yet to have an impact on the fighting in the direction of Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast.