Overview
- Ukraine reported mass overnight strikes on Kremenchuk with dozens of drones and Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, knocking out power and heat as damage assessments continued.
- State grid operator Ukrenerho said repairs after the latest barrage will take weeks, with many regions facing 12 to 16 hours of daily outages and water disruptions.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said a substantive call with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner produced agreement on a framework and next steps, with Washington stressing progress depends on Russia’s willingness to engage.
- The UK’s Keir Starmer will host Zelensky on Monday in London with France’s Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Friedrich Merz to coordinate positions and discuss security guarantees.
- The Kremlin hailed the new U.S. national security strategy for dropping the label of Russia as a “direct threat,” a change reported alongside ongoing Western criticism of the document.