- Donald Trump reportedly offered to help Russian President Vladimir Putin find a solution to resolving the war in Ukraine during a 90-minute call, while also speaking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss the conflict.
- Ukraine conducted a large-scale drone attack on St Petersburg and the Leningrad region, hitting an oil terminal and the Kronstadt naval base, which President Zelensky confirmed as part of a ”long-range sanctions plan”.
- President Zelensky dismissed Russia's claim of capturing the eastern Ukrainian city of Kostiantynivka as “another Russian lie”, despite Russia later proposing a temporary ceasefire there for body recovery.
- The Netherlands announced it would host a special tribunal to prosecute Russia's leadership for the crime of aggression in Ukraine, a decision welcomed by President Zelensky.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted that Ukrainian drone attacks on infrastructure are causing “problems” and fuel shortages across Russia.
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