Overnight coverage focused on reciprocal strikes. Independent outlets reported more than 400 Ukrainian drones hitting Russian regions, with fires at Rosneft's Saratov refinery and Orel's Proton electronics plant and casualties in Saratov and Belgorod; state outlets emphasized a Russian mass strike on Kyiv's energy and defense sites, claiming a hit on the Northern Bridge.
By mid-morning attention shifted to the death of actress Lidia Fedoseeva-Shukshina at 88, with obituaries across state and independent press.
Diplomacy then returned ahead of Abu Dhabi working talks, with the Russian delegation named and the Foreign Ministry stating Europeans had no place at the table.
In the evening all outlets turned to central Krakow, where a gunman fired on a market square, killing at least six and wounding dozens, with Polish authorities calling it a terrorist attack.