Overview

• Russia’s military launched an unprecedented nighttime raid involving around 400 drones and 18 missiles against Kyiv on July 9–10, killing two residents and injuring 16.
• Ukrainian air defenses shot down almost all incoming drones, prompting President Zelensky to seek additional interceptor drones and Patriot missile batteries in talks with allies.
• US President Trump directed resumption of artillery shell and mobile rocket system deliveries to Ukraine after a brief pause last week.
• At the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome, leaders unveiled the European Flagship Fund to mobilize more than €100 billion for postwar reconstruction.
• Ukrainian authorities are probing the daylight assassination of SBU officer Colonel Ivan Voronych in Kyiv as domestic security concerns rise.