Overview

• Russian missiles and drones struck 27 locations in the Ukrainian capital, causing at least six deaths, including a six-year-old boy, and injuring 52 people.
• President Donald Trump gave Vladimir Putin ten days to reach a peace deal with Ukraine or face new sanctions and secondary tariffs on Russian imports.
• The Russian Defense Ministry reported advances by its Eastern troop grouping deep into Ukrainian defense lines despite external pressure.
• Russia claimed Ukrainian forces suffered around 1,500 casualties in the last 24 hours, while Kyiv confirmed only three deaths and 18 injuries from a separate missile strike on a training center.
• Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov said officials were monitoring Trump’s statements and declined further comment and Senate President Valentina Matviyenko called ultimatums ineffective.