Overview
- Russian forces struck the North Dnipro road bridge in Kyiv, damaging the roadway and trolleybus lines and forcing traffic to stop, a development reported on Saturday that adds to earlier bridge hits.
- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Sunday and pledged about €1 billion in military aid plus €350 million for energy repairs to help Ukraine withstand intensified strikes.
- Berlin committed to provide and scale up thousands of interceptor drones aimed at fast, jet‑propelled kamikaze drones and to speed production of longer‑range weapons with ranges near 1,000 km.
- The recent Russian campaign has also hit housing, warehouses, fuel sites and data centres and a Kharkiv strike left at least two dead and about 28 wounded according to regional officials.
- The attacks have produced cross‑border incidents in Moldova and Russian regional reports of casualties in Belgorod with limited independent verification while the new German industrial push could narrow Ukraine's urgent air‑defense gap.