Overview

• Following reported drone overflights in Denmark and over Schleswig-Holstein, Merz said the origin remains unconfirmed but likely Russian and signaled plans to amend aviation security law so the Bundeswehr can support police.
• Ukraine says its forces have regained more than 174 square kilometers near Dobropillja, while Russia’s Defense Ministry claims the capture of two additional localities in Donetsk.
• Regional authorities in Sumy reported a Russian drone strike that killed a family of four, including two young children, after their home was hit overnight.
• The European Commission circulated a concept for a multi-layered counter-drone system that would combine detection, tracking, neutralization and precision-strike capabilities for discussion at an informal EU summit this week.
• President Vladimir Putin signed a law confirming Russia’s withdrawal from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, widening the conflict’s legal and diplomatic fallout.