Overview

• Ukrainian officials report at least 10 dead in Kyiv, including a child, and dozens injured after waves of drones, hypersonic and cruise missiles hit residential areas and public buildings.
• EU Council President António Costa said the EU delegation’s building in Kyiv was damaged, with photos from the ambassador showing shattered windows and collapsed ceiling panels.
• Explosions were reported from Sumy to Dnipro and Saporischschja, energy sites in multiple regions were hit, and outages affected about 60,000 customers in Vinnytsia; Russia also reported alerts over incoming Ukrainian drones.
• President Wolodymyr Selenskyj is sending chief negotiators Andriy Yermak and Rustem Umerov to the United States on Friday for talks on security guarantees and called for tougher sanctions on Russia.
• Germany’s cabinet advanced a security package featuring a new Wehrdienst model with questionnaires next year and mandatory muster for 18-year-old men from July 1, 2027, expanded powers for MAD and Feldjäger, and a National Security Council, drawing protests and exposing coalition frictions; Moldova’s pre-election tensions persist after a protest camp was cleared and a Șor-aligned bloc was barred from the ballot.