Overview

• Ukrainian officials said the overnight assault targeted civilian and energy infrastructure, largely in western and central regions, with injuries reported and power cuts in parts of Chernihiv.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pushed a US-sourced, Europe-funded weapons program that has over $2 billion committed and a goal of adding about $1 billion monthly, following meetings in Denmark and Paris.
• French President Emmanuel Macron said preparatory work on post-war security guarantees is complete and that allies are ready to offer them once a peace deal is signed.
• After meetings in Beijing with Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un and Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin said he could meet Zelenskyy in Moscow if talks are well prepared, a proposal Ukraine’s foreign minister dismissed as unserious.
• Ukraine’s air force reported downing 430 drones and 21 missiles, figures Russia disputes, while Moscow claimed gains in Kupiansk that Kyiv rejected, underscoring contested battlefield and interception claims.