Overview

• Russia launched 86 attack drones at Odesa and Kharkiv overnight, with Ukrainian air defenses intercepting 70 of them.
• The strikes killed one civilian and wounded 14 others in Odesa as fires ripped through residential buildings and damaged a railway station and energy infrastructure.
• President Zelensky urged G7 and EU partners to impose stricter sanctions on Russia’s energy sector and shadow fleet to cut off funding for continued assaults.
• Russia’s Defence Ministry reported downing 61 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles across multiple Russian regions during the same period.
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov ruled out a ceasefire and President Putin said he is willing to meet Zelensky only in a final phase of negotiations after limited progress in peace talks.