Overview

• Leonid Pasechnik announced that pro-Russian forces have taken control of the entire Luhansk province, marking a significant shift on the eastern front.
• The Pentagon suspended shipments of Patriot air-defense systems, Hellfire missiles and precision munitions after finding U.S. reserves at critically low levels.
• Russia conducted its largest overnight aerial assault since the 2022 invasion, deploying roughly 477 drones—including Iranian-made Shahed models—and 60 cruise and ballistic missiles.
• Ukraine launched deep strikes with drones on Russian soil, killing at least three and wounding 35 at an Izhevsk military plant and destroying two Su-34 fighter-bombers at the Marinovka airfield.
• President Volodímir Zelenski ratified a Council of Europe agreement to set up a special tribunal for prosecuting Russian leaders over the invasion.