Overnight Russian drone attacks targeted Odesa during the Czech president's visit and Zaporizhzhia, where eight people were wounded including a child. Morning news focused on a significant fire at Russia's Sudzha gas measuring station, a key transit hub supplying Europe. Ukraine's General Staff claimed Russians shelled it themselves to blame Ukraine.
Trump announced an imminent rare earth minerals deal with Ukraine, with reports claiming he wants control over Ukrainian nuclear plants, particularly Zaporizhzhia NPP. The Financial Times noted the US wants to include the Russian-occupied plant in the agreement.
By afternoon, Trump claimed there were "confines of a deal" between Ukraine and Russia involving "land division." Zelensky discussed the upcoming Saudi Arabia meeting where ceasefire terms will be negotiated, explaining it would focus first on stopping long-range strikes.
Satellite images revealed extensive damage at Russia's Engels airbase following yesterday's Ukrainian strike, showing craters where buildings once stood.