Overview

• In an interview published by Axios, Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian leaders should know where their bomb shelters are and warned the Kremlin would be treated as a military target if the invasion does not stop.
• Zelensky stressed that Ukraine would not attack civilians inside Russia, saying, “We are not terrorists.”
• He said he expects to obtain an unnamed U.S. long‑range weapon and vowed Ukraine would use such systems if provided.
• Ukraine is routinely hitting Russian energy infrastructure, and Zelensky said President Trump had given him the green light to keep striking those targets.
• At the White House, Trump asked Recep Tayyip Erdogan to stop Turkey’s purchases of Russian oil, and European leaders reacted warily to Trump’s recent assertion that Ukraine can fight to reclaim occupied territory.