Overview

• Russia’s Defense Ministry issued daily summaries claiming up to 535 Ukrainian casualties in the Center sector, 355 in the East, 140 in the North and 60 in the Dnepr area, along with localized advances.
• Ukrainian media reported an explosion in Kharkiv during an air-raid alert, following a blast reported in Sumy during regional sirens the previous day.
• A Ukrainian lawmaker said forces will leave Kupyansk and called a withdrawal inevitable, describing the situation as past the point of no return.
• Poland’s National Security Bureau chief stated the country is effectively at war with Russia due to hybrid attacks and said he opposes extraditing a Ukrainian suspect in the Nord Stream case to Germany.
• Zelensky said he and Trump held a second call in two days on air defenses and longer-range strike options, including Tomahawks, with no U.S. decision announced.