Overview

• Ukraine’s air force reported 113 Russian drones launched overnight, with 89 downed or suppressed, as fires were sparked near Kyiv and strikes hit multiple regions.
• Officials reported fatalities and dozens injured, including in Zaporizhzhia where rocket attacks damaged apartment blocks and homes, and in Mykolaiv where a farm worker was killed.
• Zelenskyy urged partners to build a multilayered European air-defense umbrella, citing thousands of drones, glide bombs and nearly 200 missiles launched at Ukraine in recent weeks.
• NATO activated Operation Eastern Sentry after drones entered Polish airspace, and the U.K. is sending fighter jets to Poland as allies tighten air defenses along the eastern flank.
• Russia and Belarus continued Zapad 2025 exercises featuring nuclear-capable assets and plans to station Oreshnik missiles in Belarus, while heavy ground fighting persisted, especially near Pokrovsk, with Russia’s claim of taking Olhivske disputed; Ukraine also reported a brief Starlink outage affecting the front line.