Overview
- Local authorities reported at least three people killed and ten injured in an overnight attack on Balakliya in the Kharkiv region.
- Officials said Russian drones hit the Odesa region, sparking fires at energy and port sites, injuring one person and damaging civilian vessels.
- Ukraine announced an agreement with Russia to exchange 1,200 detainees per side under the Istanbul framework with mediation by Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived near Paris for talks with Emmanuel Macron focused on securing additional air-defense capabilities.
- Russia’s defense ministry claimed control of the villages of Rovnopolye and Malaya Tokmachka in Zaporizhzhia and reported downing 36 Ukrainian drones over its territory.