Overview

• Danish police and the armed forces confirmed sightings of unidentified drones over the Karup and Skrydstrup military bases overnight, following earlier incursions near major airports.
• President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine intercepted 92 drones headed toward Poland and warned that Italy could be targeted next, as Italy’s foreign minister said national defenses are prepared.
• NATO chiefs meeting in Riga pledged a strengthened yet proportional response to airspace violations, while EU commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis backed new collective defenses, including a proposed ‘wall of drones’ and the Prontezza 2030 rearmament plan.
• Russia’s Sergei Lavrov rejected accusations that Moscow is targeting EU or NATO states and warned of a firm response to any aggression, even as Russian forces claimed the capture of three villages in eastern Ukraine.
• Ukrainian authorities reported fresh strikes, with injuries in Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia overnight and dozens of recent attacks in the Chernihiv region, as Poland launched air patrols and briefly restricted airspace near Lublin during Russia’s long-range operations against Ukraine.