Overview

• State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said Vladimir Putin gave a detailed closed‑door briefing on the situation in the special military operation, including frontline developments.
• Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called Poland’s allegations about “Russian” drones baseless, noting Warsaw presented no evidence and showed no interest in consultations proposed by Russia’s Defense Ministry.
• The FSB in Kaliningrad opened a treason case against a Russian citizen born in 1994 over repeated transfers to organizations financing Ukraine’s armed forces, with the suspect placed in custody.
• The Washington Post reported that Western allies plan to bolster Ukraine by supplying weapons and investing in its defense industry rather than pursuing Kyiv’s NATO membership.
• Security Council deputy chairman Dmitry Medvedev warned of a harsh response to a Council of Europe initiative to create a mechanism for claims seeking “compensation” from Russia over Ukraine.