Overnight Ukrainian drone strikes continued the campaign from previous days. State outlets reported a fire at the Ozon logistics hub in Saratov, damaged apartment blocks in Volgograd with two injured, and two dead in Tula region, claiming 777 drones intercepted; independent outlets confirmed damage while noting a Russian strike on a Kyiv apartment block.
Putin arrived in New Delhi for a three-day visit ahead of the BRICS summit, meeting Modi and later South African and Egyptian leaders, and addressing the BRICS business forum on Western decline and a new world order.
Domestically, operators launched first commercial 5G in 16 cities and the Central Bank held the key rate at 14%, pausing easing. In the evening Putin said deployment of European troops in Ukraine would mean war with Russia, while Medvedev denied any need for mobilization.