Overview

• Ukrainian officials reported 598 drones and 31 missiles were launched, including Kinzhal hypersonics, with air defenses intercepting most of them.
• The death toll in Kyiv rose to at least 23, including four children, as blasts struck residential areas and damaged the EU delegation and the British Council; no EU staff were reported injured.
• The European Commission said a 19th sanctions package is coming and governments summoned Russian diplomats, while work advances on using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine.
• U.S. envoy Keith Kellogg said the strikes threaten the peace efforts led by President Trump, and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump was not happy but not surprised.
• Russia’s Defense Ministry said it hit military‑industrial sites and airbases and claimed all targets were struck, as President Zelenski called for tougher sanctions and clear security guarantees in a virtual meeting with European leaders.