Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff said it conducted targeted attacks inside Russia with ATACMS, while Russia claimed S‑400 and Pantsir systems shot down four missiles over Voronezh, reporting debris damage but no casualties.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky is meeting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff in Turkey to discuss pathways back to negotiations, with the Kremlin confirming it will not attend.
- The U.S. State Department approved a $105 million sale to sustain Ukraine’s Patriot air-defense systems, including parts, upgrades, training and support.
- Overnight Russian strikes hit multiple Ukrainian localities, damaging Suspilne’s offices in Dnipro and leaving a 17‑year‑old dead and many injured in Kharkiv, according to Ukrainian authorities.
- Poland launched fighter jets, raised air defenses and temporarily closed the Rzeszow and Lublin airports, while Axios reported an unconfirmed U.S.–Russia plan to end the war.