Overview

• Overnight Russian missile and drone attacks on western Ukraine killed five people and cut electricity for tens of thousands, with a family of four among the dead near Lviv and outages reported in Zaporizhzhia.
• Ukraine reported intercepting many incoming weapons and said debris fell in several areas, while Poland placed aircraft and air defenses on heightened readiness as strikes concentrated near the Polish border.
• On Everest’s Tibetan side, heavy, unseasonal snowfall stranded more than 1,000 climbers, with about 350 evacuated to Kudan as crews and local residents cleared blocked routes and authorities paused new entries to the area.
• Vilnius Airport suspended operations for hours after 25 helium balloons carrying contraband from Belarus entered Lithuanian airspace, delaying or diverting about 30 flights affecting some 6,000 passengers and forcing one plane to return to Denmark.
• Ulaanbaatar began selling a new 25 kg half-coke fuel to ger-area households at MNT 5,000 per bag, as prosecutors reported $194,384 and ₮23.8 billion recovered in coal probes, the exchange opened primary trading of the ₮29 billion Bэрс 4.0 asset-backed securities at 19.5% yield, the First Circle Road tender proceeded, and Oyu Tolgoi awarded 133 regional scholarships.