Overview
- At a Moscow meeting and exhibition, Putin directed rapid creation of a comprehensive legal framework for autonomous systems, including cross‑domain management via satellites and real‑time identification and monitoring.
- He told the government to prepare plans to deploy unmanned technologies across key economic sectors, remove regulatory barriers, scale regional use, and grow exports to what he called a large global market.
- Security measures ordered include preventing unauthorized access to vehicle controls and data, with support for related cybersecurity research, and he asked officials to create pathways for SVO veterans to work in development and operations.
- Ukraine’s energy minister Denys Shmyhal said every power plant has been hit by Russian strikes, with rolling blackouts nationwide and Kyiv hardest hit; authorities declared an emergency, moved to boost electricity imports, and the UK pledged £20 million for repairs.
- Russian military statements and released footage claimed recent gains near Zhovtneve and Dvurechanske and the seizure and use of Western-made weapons against Ukrainian positions; these battlefield claims were not independently verified in these reports.