Overview
- Ukrainian officials say Turkey and the UAE are mediating to reactivate Istanbul exchange protocols that could return about 1,200 prisoners, with technical consultations pending and no confirmation yet from Moscow.
- In Paris, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a letter of intent to procure up to 100 Rafale jets plus air-defense systems, drones and radars over the next decade, with delivery schedules to be determined.
- Ukraine and Greece finalized an agreement to bring U.S. LNG via Alexandroupolis from December 2025 through March 2026 to help cover winter energy needs under sustained attacks on the power grid.
- Russian strikes killed at least three people in Balakliya and hit Odesa-region port and energy sites, damaging civilian vessels including a Turkish-flagged tanker at Izmail and knocking out electricity for tens of thousands of households.
- Kyiv reported continued long-range hits on Russian energy assets and air defenses, with drones cutting power to roughly 500,000 consumers in Russian-held Donetsk and recent use of FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles, as both sides issued sharply differing drone tallies and frontline claims.