Overview

• Russia launched 728 drones and 13 missiles overnight in its biggest barrage to date targeting Lutsk and ten other regions.
• Ukraine’s air defenses neutralized 711 drones and seven missiles, limiting civilian casualties and infrastructure damage in western and frontline areas.
• NATO scrambled jets to defend alliance airspace, and President Trump pledged to resume weapons shipments to Kyiv.
• President Zelensky renewed demands for biting oil sanctions against Russia to choke off its war funding.
• Ukraine retaliated with drone strikes in Russia’s Kursk region, killing three people including a 5-year-old boy.