Overview

• Brave1 has launched the "Test in Ukraine" programme, inviting foreign weapons makers to trial air-defense systems under real combat conditions at the front.
• President Zelenskyy reported more than 300 drone attacks and over 30 rocket or cruise missile strikes overnight, resulting in at least one civilian death, six injuries, and damage to homes and key infrastructure.
• Zelenskyy called for reinforced air defenses and outlined plans to boost domestic interceptor drone and missile production through joint ventures and investments.
• Kyiv has formally invited Moscow to a leadership-level ceasefire negotiation next week to revive stalled talks that have so far yielded only prisoner exchanges.
• Moscow continues to demand an end to Western military aid and Ukraine’s recognition of annexed territories, conditions that Kyiv insists are unacceptable.