- Ukraine launched multiple strikes on Russia's Black Sea port of Tuapse, causing a large fire at an oil refinery that resulted in at least one fatality and one injury.
- Satellite imagery showed thick plumes of smoke from the Tuapse refinery fire spreading hundreds of kilometres inland, with active hotspots still detected.
- The EU is expected to decide on unblocking a €90bn loan for Ukraine within 24 hours, following the repair of the Druzhba pipeline carrying Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia.
- Italy summoned the Russian ambassador to protest "extremely serious and offensive" statements made by a pro-Kremlin TV host against Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
- Russia warned that the safety of its citizens in Moldova’s breakaway Transdniestria region is under threat, saying Moscow is prepared to act if needed.
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