- A huge fire broke out at a Russian oil refinery in Ryazan following Ukrainian drone attacks, with Ukraine's drone forces commander claiming hits on 23 military targets.
- Three people were also killed and 12 injured in Ryazan, where drone strikes damaged high-rise apartment buildings and local industry.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for Moscow to be punished after visiting a destroyed Kyiv residential building where a Russian missile strike killed 24 people, including three children.
- Russia's prison chief reported a significant drop in the country's prison population, partly attributed to the army's recruitment drive, which has seen prisoners sent to the Ukraine frontline.
- The Pentagon cancelled plans to temporarily deploy 4,000 US-based troops to Poland, a decision that renews questions about troop cuts in Europe.
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