Overview
- A double‑tap drone strike on a Kryvyi Rih shopping centre left at least 16 people dead and more than 130 wounded, with rescue teams continuing searches through the rubble after Friday’s attack.
- French President Emmanuel Macron told Volodymyr Zelenskyy he will speed deliveries of interceptor missiles, license domestic production and push deployment of European SAMP/T Aster systems to bolster Ukrainian air defence.
- Zelenskyy disclosed falling Patriot interceptor deliveries—675 in 2023, 364 in 2025 and an expected 264 in 2026—and said Ukraine is seeking roughly 300 additional interceptors for the coming winter.
- Ukraine has stepped up deep strikes in response, targeting Russian energy and logistics sites including a Samara refinery and Ozon warehouse and striking radar and unmanned‑vessel launch sites in occupied Crimea.
- The crisis has sharpened domestic politics as Zelenskyy publicly detailed a rift with dismissed defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, warned Russia may mobilize about 300,000 troops, and pressed partners to close a $27 billion defence funding gap that will shape Ukraine’s ability to survive a hard winter.