Overview
- Zelensky said Ukrainian forces intercepted 92 drones headed toward Poland and warned that Italy could be targeted next.
- EU commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis described Russia’s actions as a hybrid offensive and highlighted plans for a European “wall of drones” and accelerated rearmament.
- Recent alerts included drones shot down in Poland, an Estonian airspace breach by Russian MiG‑31s, sightings over Danish military sites and Copenhagen’s airport, probes near a Norwegian base, and a temporary runway closure at Amsterdam Schiphol.
- NATO’s military committee said the Alliance response has been vigorous and will strengthen, with Poland ready to shoot down suspicious aircraft and German authorization reportedly under consideration.
- Russia claimed the capture of Derylove and Maiske in Donetsk and Stepove in Dnipropetrovsk, while Ukrainian officials reported repeated strikes on Chernihiv energy sites and said the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was without power for a fourth day.