Overview

• Japan and Sweden have voiced strong support for Ukraine, with Japan pledging an additional $37 million to a NATO trust fund for drone-detection systems and Sweden declaring its assistance to Ukraine as its main foreign policy goal in the coming years.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy remains confident that Russia can be defeated and urges European nations to develop joint weapons-production capabilities.
• Russia continues its aerial attacks on Ukraine, launching 28 drones and three cruise missiles overnight, with the focus of attack shifting to frontline territories.
• Ukraine’s air defenses have improved significantly since the start of the invasion in February 2022, with the aid of Western-supplied Patriot missile batteries and other systems.
• Inside Russia, authorities are evacuating residents from areas close to the Ukrainian border.