Overview
- President Vladimir Putin said Russia tested the Poseidon underwater system and completed trials of the nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile.
- Dmitry Peskov stated the trials were conducted under international and bilateral notification procedures and emphasized they were not nuclear tests.
- Peskov said no substantive U.S. proposals on New START have been received and no expert-level talks are in progress after President Trump ordered U.S. nuclear tests and spoke of potential denuclearization discussions that could involve China.
- Russia claims Ukrainian forces are encircled in Kupyansk and Krasnoarmeysk and offered to pause fighting to allow journalist access, while Ukrainian MP Anna Skorokhod acknowledged severe manpower shortages hindering defense at Krasnoarmeysk.
- Air-raid alerts were reported across nearly all Ukrainian regions, and a state prosecutor sought life sentences for defendants in the 2022 Crimean Bridge explosion case.