Overview
- A major barrage hit western Ukraine, striking the U.S.-owned Flex electronics factory near the Hungarian border where six night-shift workers were injured, while Lviv officials reported one dead, three injured, and damage to 26 residential buildings and a nursery school.
- Ukrainian tallies report nearly 1,000 drones and missiles launched since Monday’s White House talks, with prosecutors in Lviv saying three cruise missiles with cluster munitions struck the city.
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said no Putin–Zelenskyy summit is planned until a detailed agenda exists, as Zelenskyy accused Moscow of trying to block a meeting and President Trump said he will decide within two weeks on possible sanctions or tariffs if talks do not materialize.
- NATO chief Mark Rutte outlined a two‑layer framework for Ukraine’s security guarantees, but key questions on troop contributions and roles remain unresolved, with the U.S. ruling out ground forces while leaving possible air support on the table.
- EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warned that pushing Ukraine to cede territory would serve a Kremlin 'trap,' while Russia’s defense ministry claimed its strikes targeted military‑industrial sites and denied aiming at civilians.