Overview

• General Oleksandr Syrskyj announced plans to intensify and deepen strikes on Russian military installations inside Russian territory.
• President Vladimir Putin declared that any ground occupied by Russian troops belongs to Russia and suggested Sumy’s capture remains possible.
• Russian forces have established a buffer zone 10–12 kilometers into Ukraine’s Sumy region and seized multiple villages near the frontline.
• President Volodymyr Selenskyj accused firms in Germany, Taiwan, and other nations of supplying machines used for Russian weapons production and urged sanctions.
• Ukraine’s recent drone and missile raids inflicted billions in damage on Russian airfields as Kyiv adapts to counter Russian fiber-optic drone threats.