- CIA director John Ratcliffe held high-level talks with Poland’s Special Services Minister Tomasz Siemoniak to discuss critical security concerns amidst growing Russian threats to Nato.
- Donald Trump held a one-hour phone call with Russian president Vladimir Putin to urge a swift end to the conflict, following discussions between US envoys and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky regarding proposed peace ideas.
- Ukraine is on track to secure approximately 1,000 Patriot air-defence missiles through an EU loan and international allies, while Germany called for Ukrainian procurement from German defence companies.
- Ukrainian drone strikes targeted Russian naval vessels in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, while local officials reported four people were killed and 29 injured in regional strikes.
- Moscow condemned the US deployment of a Tomahawk-capable missile system in Norway, warning that the move severely undermines strategic nuclear stability talks and creates new potential military targets.
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