Overview
- Ukraine reported 149 Russian drones launched overnight and 131 intercepted, with one person killed in Dnipropetrovsk and injuries reported in Okhtyrka and Chernihiv.
- President Trump said he is “a bit disappointed” that Volodymyr Zelensky has not read a U.S. peace proposal and suggested Moscow may agree to it.
- Donald Trump Jr. said his father could walk away from the peace effort and criticized European sanctions and continued funding for Kyiv.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov praised Washington’s revised National Security Strategy as largely aligned with Moscow’s view and said it could enable constructive work on Ukraine.
- Zelensky is set to meet Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz in London before heading to Brussels and Rome, as Italy readies emergency generators for Ukraine and seven EU leaders back a loan using frozen Russian assets.