Russian forces reported advancements in the Kursk region, liberating two settlements. Putin and Lukashenko held talks in Moscow, with Putin awarding Lukashenko the Order of St. Andrew. The Russian military claimed to have struck a Patriot missile system in Dnipropetrovsk region. A terrorist attack was reportedly prevented at the Interior Ministry building in Smolensk. Zelensky suggested the conflict could end by 2025, while a meeting of Ukraine's allies at Ramstein base was postponed due to Biden's absence. Russia reported intercepting 47 Ukrainian drones overnight. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for research on protein structures. Putin launched serial production of the Lada Aura car. Reports emerged of ongoing fires at a major oil terminal in Crimea.