Morning reports focused on Russia's growing missile stockpile, with intelligence noting 1,400 long-range missiles and doubled Shahed production. Ukrainian forces struck back, destroying a Shahed storage facility in Russia's Orel region.
By midday, reports emerged of Ukrainian forces using surveillance cameras hidden in bird nests to catch Russian railway saboteurs, followed by confirmation of a strike on military logistics trains near Moscow. The narrative shifted to energy politics as Zelenskyy accused Putin of instructing Slovak PM Fico to open a "second energy front" against Ukraine.
Evening brought news of Finland seizing a Russian tanker equipped with undersea cable surveillance devices, while combat intensified to 149 clashes, particularly in the Pokrovsk direction. Military training extension to two months, announced yesterday, continued generating discussion about mobilization policy changes.