Overview

• Russian forces unleashed a nine-minute drone barrage on Kharkiv, killing at least six people, injuring dozens including children, and damaging homes and utilities.
• Kyiv’s military reported strikes on a Tambov gunpowder factory, ammunition depots in Kursk and Voronezh, and an electronics plant near Moscow, triggering fires at key defense production sites.
• The Ukrainian General Staff said Russian troop casualties have surpassed 1 million dead or wounded since February 2022, highlighting the offensive’s severe human cost for Moscow.
• Ukraine received the bodies of 1,212 of its fallen soldiers from Russia and carried out another prisoner swap focused on severely wounded captives.
• President Zelenskyy urged at the Globsec conference stronger sanctions, accelerated drone production and maintained Western weapons support as Germany’s defense minister pledged assistance on long-range missile systems.