Overview

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Russian drone strike cut power to the decommissioned Chernobyl site for about three hours, with backup systems activated.
• French forces boarded an EU‑sanctioned oil tanker off the Atlantic coast and detained the captain and helmsman, according to Brest judicial authorities.
• Prosecutors in Brest opened investigations into the vessel for lacking nationality documents and refusing orders, with the ship listed under EU sanctions since February.
• Analyses placed the tanker near the coast during recent drone overflights over Denmark, and trade media have speculated it could have served as a drone launch platform, a claim not confirmed by officials.
• At an EU summit, leaders expressed broad support for strengthened drone defenses as President Emmanuel Macron labeled Russia Europe’s greatest structural threat and left open the option to shoot down violating aircraft.