Overview

• Russian forces launched 109 drones and five missiles overnight, killing two civilians—including a nine-year-old girl in Zaporizhzhia—and injuring several others.
• Authorities in Sumy ordered evacuations of 11 border villages, bringing the total under evacuation to 213 settlements due to increased shelling threats.
• Russia’s Defense Ministry announced it has captured Novopil in Donetsk and Vodolahy in Sumy, marking further advances into Ukrainian territory.
• Kyiv insists it will only attend the proposed Istanbul talks after receiving Russia’s detailed peace memorandum outlining ceasefire terms.
• President Zelenskyy warns that roughly 50,000 Russian troops remain amassed near the Sumy frontier, signaling the risk of a fresh ground offensive.