Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry reported 1,630 Ukrainian personnel lost over the past day across sector commands, a figure published via its daily briefings.
- Air defenses were said to have destroyed 121 Ukrainian drones overnight across multiple regions and six more between 10:00 and 15:00 Moscow time, with officials noting a substation fire in Volgograd was contained and no casualties in a Novgorod attack.
- Moscow detailed strikes on Ukrainian targets, including five temporary deployment sites near Kostyantynivka in Donetsk and an explosives hit on a coal facility in Dnipropetrovsk, while claimed strikes on foreign fighters in Odesa were reported by a pro‑Russian local coordinator.
- Kirill Dmitriev, in Washington for meetings, told U.S. media Russia wants a rapid diplomatic end to the conflict and said he would not seek relief from newly announced U.S. sanctions on major Russian energy firms.
- Le Monde reported EU leaders failed to agree on using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine, with Belgium opposed, and El País said Washington intends to apply economic rather than military pressure on Moscow.