Overview
- Ukraine reported more than 650 drones and over 30 missiles striking 13 regions, hitting energy and civilian infrastructure, triggering nationwide air alerts, blackouts and casualties including a 4-year-old child.
- Poland scrambled fighter jets and put ground-based air defence and radar on highest alert near its border in a preventative move during the large strike campaign.
- Cross-border incidents escalated as Ukrainian drones were reported to have ignited fires at Lukoil’s Stavrolen petrochemical site in Stavropol, while Russia said its air defences downed 29 drones overnight and 15 more in the morning over Belgorod and Voronezh.
- Kyiv and U.S. negotiators delivered a 20‑point proposal that pairs security guarantees, reconstruction financing and monitoring with a cease-fire framework recognizing a de facto line of contact and the option of a demilitarized zone subject to reciprocity and Ukrainian approval.
- Zelensky said no consensus exists with Washington on Donetsk’s future or management of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, and he expects a response from Moscow after U.S. consultations, as he also accused Russian forces of abducting 52 residents from Hrabovske in Sumy.