- Russian transport minister Andrei Nikitin has vowed that Moscow “will not allow any significant disruption” to civil aviation, responding to warnings from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky that incoming Ukrainian drones have rendered Russian airspace unsafe to use.
- Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov announced the closure of Germany's Goethe-Institut cultural centres across Moscow, St Petersburg and Yekaterinburg, in retaliation for Berlin closing a Russian cultural centre and consulate following a drone incident at Leipzig/Halle Airport.
- Ukraine is finalising a drone agreement with Germany for the joint development of various drones, missiles and related software, expanding on existing bilateral defence initiatives such as a programme supplying 15,000 Strila interceptor drones to Kyiv.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky has strongly condemned a shootout in Kyiv between Ukraine's SBU security service and GUR intelligence agency during the arrest of an anti-Kremlin unit leader, describing the incident that left three officers injured as absolutely shameful.
- US secretary of state Marco Rubio has cautioned that negotiating licensed production of Patriot air defence interceptors in Ukraine will take several years to establish, meaning it cannot provide an immediate solution to Kyiv's urgent short-term defence needs.
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