Overview

• Russia launched nearly 90 drones overnight, Ukraine says it neutralized 71 while strikes hit six locations including damage to Kyiv’s transport infrastructure and two injuries in Pavlohrad.
• President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine has proposed major drone and weapons procurement deals to the United States, citing the PURL initiative, co-production and security guarantees.
• Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal said Ukraine will soon field 1,000 interceptor drones per day and emphasized the need for ground control systems, radars and AI-enabled components to make the ecosystem work.
• NATO’s Operation Eastern Sentry is underway with allied deployments, as Germany doubles air-defense fighters in Poland, France sends Rafales, the UK and Denmark pledge support, the EU advances a €6 billion joint drone-production push and the U.S. clears a $780 million Javelin sale to Poland.
• Authorities reported new physical evidence from recent incursions, with Latvia identifying a Gerbera decoy drone fragment and Polish military police finding missile parts likely from a drone shoot-down near Lublin.