Morning coverage focused on Russian military's claims of strikes against Ukrainian airfields, with emphasis on a MiG-29 destruction at Dnipro using Iskander missiles. These claims followed previous days' Oreshnik missile demonstration.
By early afternoon, Putin signed legislation writing off up to 10 million rubles in overdue loans for military operation participants, while simultaneously removing General Anashkin from command of the "South" group of forces. The military command change occurred amid conflicting narratives about operations in Kursk region.
Evening brought substantial coverage of new domestic legislation, including fines up to 5 million rubles for "childfree ideology propaganda" and restrictions on adoptions by citizens of countries allowing gender transitions. French Foreign Minister's statement about Ukraine's right to use French missiles against Russian territory generated response from Moscow, with Zakharova framing it as Paris "finishing off" Kyiv rather than supporting it.