Overview
- Fierce drone and missile exchanges have continued, and on Sunday those strikes killed at least 13 people across Ukraine and Russia and damaged homes, a shopping centre and energy facilities.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said holding national elections during active war would be a "tsunami" that would fracture the country and reaffirmed that law‑and‑order constraints make voting unsafe now.
- Former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has publicly called for elections and accused the government of corruption, a dispute that prompted protests and has deepened Ukraine's political rift.
- Vladimir Putin said Russia is open to dialogue but rejected some "exotic" peace proposals and at the same time acknowledged intensified Russian strikes and fuel market disruptions that Moscow says it is managing.
- Attacks have increasingly targeted power plants, gas and refining infrastructure while Ukraine warns of scarce interceptor missiles like Patriot and Aster, a combination that raises the risk of a hard winter and strains on allied supplies.