Overview

• Russian officials said a downed Ukrainian drone detonated at the Kursk nuclear plant, damaging an auxiliary transformer and cutting output at one reactor to 50% with radiation levels reported as normal.
• Authorities in Leningrad region reported a large fire at Novatek’s Ust-Luga fuel terminal after drones were shot down, and Russia’s aviation agency temporarily restricted flights at several airports during the attacks.
• Ukraine confirmed an earlier strike on the Unecha pumping station on Russia’s Druzhba oil pipeline, prompting energy-supply concerns in Hungary and Slovakia.
• Russian strikes continued to hit Ukrainian cities, including an attack on a US-owned electronics plant in Mukachevo, which local officials and business representatives said caused injuries and severe damage.
• Efforts to arrange a Putin–Zelensky meeting have stalled, with Moscow saying no meeting is planned as Zelensky touts pending security guarantees, and the Wall Street Journal reported the Pentagon is restricting Ukraine’s use of US-made ATACMS for strikes inside Russia.