Overview
- Vladimir Putin said the Poseidon unmanned, nuclear‑propelled underwater vehicle was launched from a submarine, engaged its reactor and operated for a period, calling the trial an enormous success that rivals cannot intercept.
- The Poseidon claim follows Moscow’s recent announcement of a Burevestnik nuclear‑powered cruise missile test, a program long criticized by Western analysts for reliability and contamination hazards after a 2019 accident killed Russian specialists.
- Putin urged Ukraine to order the surrender of troops he says are trapped around Pokrovsk and Kupyansk and offered short pauses for media access, a claim Ukraine’s military rejected at least for Kupyansk as heavy fighting continues.
- Ukrainian officials reported a Russian strike on a pediatric hospital in Kherson that injured children and staff, and President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the attack as deliberate.
- The United States notified Romania of a reduction in some troop rotations, which U.S. Army Europe and a NATO official described as an adjustment rather than a withdrawal, with the overall American presence in Europe remaining substantial.