Overview

• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the first PURL-funded deliveries include Patriot interceptor missiles and Himars rockets, with two initial $500 million batches as NATO’s envoy reported four packages funded and equipment already flowing.
• Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz visited Kyiv to sign a memorandum creating a joint working group on uncrewed systems with Ukraine, launching shared training and manufacturing after Russian drones violated Polish airspace.
• Ukraine intensified deep strikes inside Russia, with the SBU confirming a drone attack on Gazprom’s Salavat refinery in Bashkortostan following recent hits on the Primorsk oil terminal, as Russia put refineries on alert and briefly closed Volgograd airport.
• Ukraine’s air force reported shooting down or jamming 48 of 75 Russian drones overnight, while rail infrastructure sustained new damage in continuing strikes.
• European defenses are shifting, with Denmark announcing plans to buy long‑range precision weapons, NATO reinforcing its eastern flank, and Ukraine monitoring Russian troops beginning to leave Belarusian training grounds after Zapad‑2025.