Overview

• Reporting by the Wall Street Journal says the Pentagon for months has required high‑level approval before Ukraine can use U.S.-made long‑range missiles inside Russia, and at least one request was denied.
• The restriction reverses a Biden‑era authorization that had allowed limited ATACMS strikes into Russia’s Kursk region.
• The United States approved a sale of about 3,350 ERAM/SM‑6 missiles valued near $850 million, with most financing to come from European governments.
• President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine is conducting deep strikes in Russian territory with its own systems and without consulting Washington.
• Russian authorities reported shooting down drones near Moscow and St. Petersburg, briefly closing airports, claimed 21 intercepts over Bryansk, and said a fire at the Kursk nuclear plant was extinguished.