Overview
- In Paris, Zelensky signed a French letter of intent for up to 100 Rafale jets, eight SAMP/T air-defense systems, drones and radars under a ten‑year framework with delivery timelines not yet specified.
- Arriving in Madrid, the Ukrainian leader is meeting the king, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Spanish defense firms to request further air‑defense support, building on Spain’s previously pledged €1 billion in military aid for 2024 under a decade-long accord.
- Russia launched large overnight waves of drones and missiles that killed civilians in Kharkiv region and damaged energy and port infrastructure, including strikes in Odesa that cut power to tens of thousands of households.
- A Turkish‑flagged tanker unloading liquefied gas was hit at the port of Izmail without injuries reported, and Romanian authorities evacuated two Danube villages as a nearby LNG ship burned after a Russian attack.
- Ukraine said it used domestically produced FP‑5 Flamingo cruise missiles and long‑range drones in recent strikes on Russian infrastructure, and its military intelligence unit reported attacks on elements of Russian air defenses in occupied Donbas.