Overview

• Ukraine says Russia launched about 810 drones and 13 cruise missiles in a single night, hitting Kyiv’s government quarter and killing at least four people with dozens injured.
• President Trump said he is ready to enter a new “Phase 2” of sanctions on Russia without giving details, and EU envoys meet in Washington to discuss tighter measures and enforcement.
• Putin warned any foreign peacekeeping troops deployed during ongoing combat would be treated as legitimate targets, even as Macron says at least 26 countries are willing to contribute forces once guns fall silent.
• Efforts to arrange a Putin–Zelensky meeting remain stalled as the Kremlin pushes Moscow as the venue, Zelensky rejects travel there, and Ukraine cites several neutral countries ready to host.
• Ukraine intensified strikes on Russian energy assets, with repeated attacks damaging the Druzhba pipeline in Bryansk confirmed by satellite imagery and drawing protests from Hungary and Slovakia.