Overview
- Two civilians were killed and five injured in a Russian drone strike on Odessa, with extensive damage to residential and public infrastructure reported.
- Russian missile and drone attacks on Dnipro and Kharkiv claimed one life and injured 39 others, escalating civilian casualties in Ukraine's urban centers.
- Ukraine and the United States signed a comprehensive economic partnership establishing a reconstruction investment fund and granting US access to Ukrainian natural resources.
- Russia's Ministry of Defense announced the capture of the village of Nové in Donetsk, reflecting ongoing territorial advances in the region.
- Construction of the first road bridge between Russia and North Korea has begun, signaling deeper strategic and economic ties between the two sanctioned nations.