Overview

• U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal that Washington will provide intelligence to help Ukraine conduct long‑range strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, following a directive signed by President Trump and with NATO allies urged to offer similar support.
• G7 finance ministers pledged new collective measures to curb Kremlin revenues, targeting buyers of Russian oil, the shadow fleet and remaining imports, and weighing trade limits on countries and entities that help finance Russia’s war.
• European leaders meeting in Copenhagen coordinated counter‑drone defenses and discussed a regional “drone wall,” with Denmark’s prime minister urging Europe to adopt Ukraine’s expertise, while the Netherlands warned drone incursions show aggressive Russian intent.
• On the battlefield, Ukraine’s General Staff reported 158 engagements in the past day, including 74 airstrikes and more than 5,000 kamikaze drones used by Russia, with the Pokrovsk and Novopavlivka sectors the most active and preparations noted for new assaults near Orikhiv.
• Russian attacks struck transport and energy infrastructure, including a night strike on an Odesa Ukrzaliznytsia depot that wounded a train driver, and over 100 hits in Sumy region that damaged civilian sites and injured multiple residents.