Overview

• Russia deployed 597 attack drones and 26 cruise missiles in its latest overnight barrage, over half of the drones being Iranian-made Shaheds.
• Ukraine’s air defenses shot down more than 300 drones and nearly all incoming missiles but reported civilian casualties in Chernivtsi, Lviv and other regions.
• President Trump signed off on roughly $300 million in American weapons transfers—including Patriot batteries and mid-range rockets—under a NATO-funded mechanism.
• Volodymyr Zelenski urged Western partners to deliver “more than signals” by imposing swift secondary sanctions and providing additional air-defense systems.
• Diplomatic efforts have made no headway despite Foreign Minister Lavrov’s “new idea” in Malaysia and Moscow’s first public acknowledgement of North Korean troops in the Kursk counteroffensive.