Overview
- Polish foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Warsaw would not guarantee President Vladimir Putin a safe transit to a possible Budapest summit, citing the risk a court could order interception, while Russia’s Sergei Lavrov denounced the warning and said Moscow’s stance remains aligned with understandings from the Alaska talks.
- Strategic reports cited by Radio Svoboda indicate the EU is considering expanding assistance to Kyiv to include training on Ukrainian territory, border monitoring, veterans support and cybersecurity, though changes to EU mission mandates would require unanimity and could hinge on a cease-fire.
- Russia’s FSB said it arrested in Moscow a 1999-born Russian citizen on suspicion of state treason for allegedly sending air-defense locations and other Ministry of Defence coordinates to Ukraine via Telegram; a case was opened and the suspect was remanded in custody.
- Russian military accounts highlighted recent operations, describing the capture of Privolie in Dnipropetrovsk region after a 1.5‑day assault and the seizure of Chunyshino in Donetsk region, with commanders claiming Ukrainian units withdrew and abandoned equipment.
- Ukrainian outlet TSN reported a citywide blackout in Slavutych after damage to an energy facility, and Russian envoy Rodion Miroshnik said strikes left more than 200,000 civilian subscribers without power last week, citing outages across several regions.