Overnight strikes set the agenda, with state agencies counting 417 drones headed for Moscow, damage to an industrial site in Stavropol and a school in Kaluga, and an FSB claim of a foiled attack on Voronezh's Baltimor airfield, as Moscow claimed a workshop strike in Kyiv and three bodies were recovered in Kharkiv.
Diplomacy followed the exchange, with Trump quoted saying Putin sought settlement more than Zelensky and backed an energy truce, while outlets cited a US-European four-point proposal including a shared-profit pipeline and continued US-Russian diesel talks discussed by Putin with the UAE president.
Zelensky's complaint that Kyiv received no allied warning before Russia's ballistic strike fueled claims of a US intelligence cutoff, which Trump denied and Politico attributed to weather.
The FSB detention of Japanese journalist Imai Yuki on espionage charges closed the day.