Overview
- Russian envoy Rodion Miroshnik said Moscow has received no official notice from Ukraine terminating the Istanbul format after three rounds that produced prisoner exchanges and draft memorandums.
- Ukraine’s NABU and SAP expanded the ‘Midas’ corruption operation in the energy sector, naming businessman Timur Mindich among suspects and triggering suspensions and resignations linked to Energoatom.
- Rada members said National Security and Defense Council secretary Rustem Umerov extended an overseas trip after his name appeared in case materials, while Umerov rejected claims of improper influence.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry released new footage and accounts of tactical advances, including a flag-raising in Dvurechanske, claims that Ukrainian troops in Rog lacked communications, and reports of surrender offers in Yablokovo.
- Russian agencies reported parallel security and diplomatic moves, with the FSB saying it foiled an assassination plot in Moscow, Montenegro summoning Russia’s ambassador over NATO’s NSATU role, Rosfinmonitoring adding opposition figures to a terrorism list, and a defense delegation visiting Damascus.