Morning drone attacks on Kyiv damaged infrastructure and wounded three, continuing the pattern of escalating aerial warfare seen in previous days. Air defense reported intercepting 36 drones, with 48 more lost to positioning systems.
Defense Minister Umerov's visit to South Korea yielded intelligence sharing agreements but no concrete weapons commitments, with Reuters noting Seoul's hesitancy due to Trump's potential return. By afternoon, Trump named General Keith Kellogg as special envoy for Ukraine peace negotiations, while US officials urged Ukraine to lower mobilization age to 18.
The Economist published new casualty estimates of 60,000-100,000 Ukrainian military deaths since the war's start. Evening brought reports of North Korea preparing additional ballistic missile transfers to Russia, while German intelligence assessed that large-scale Russian attacks on NATO remained unlikely.