- Russia launched a significant daytime drone assault on Ukraine, deploying around 200 drones, which resulted in six deaths in the Dnipropetrovsk region, including two in President Zelensky's hometown of Kryvyi Rih.
- Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated that Russia would welcome further US mediation efforts and that Vladimir Putin is prepared to meet Volodymyr Zelensky once a peace process is finalised, claiming trilateral work is ongoing.
- A Scottish military instructor, Ross David Cutmore, was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in jail in Ukraine after pleading guilty to spying for Russia and transmitting information about the Ukrainian military.
- Russia test-fired its new intercontinental ballistic missile, the Sarmat, which Vladimir Putin described as the 'most powerful missile in the world,' intended to modernise the country's nuclear forces.
- Ukrainian officials reported 170 combat clashes along the 1,250km front line, with heavy fighting concentrated near Kostiantynivka and Pokrovsk, while Russia claimed to have intercepted 286 Ukrainian drones overnight.
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