Russia has categorically rejected the idea of halting hostilities along the current line of contact in its war against Ukraine, claiming that this would "devalue the feat of the grandfathers who defeated Nazism."

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief (SCiC HQ).

Of the 36.4 MW of additional distributed generation capacity envisaged under the Resilience Plan for the Sumy region, only 2.4 MW has been commissioned to date. Construction of the remaining capacity is ongoing.

Nine-year-old Hlieb Kovtunenko and his 29-year-old mother, Olha, were killed in a Russian morning strike on the village of Stepanivka in the Sumy region.

Russia is increasing its use of jet-powered UAVs, although standard Shahed drones currently remain more numerous.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha welcomed New Zealand’s accession to the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children, which now has 51 member countries.

Ukrainian drone operators repelled a massive Russian attack by Shahed-type kamikaze drones on the Odesa region with 95% effectiveness.

In the year since the launch of the DOT-Chain Defence IT system, which operates as a weapons marketplace, the Defence Forces of Ukraine have received more than 1.2 million drones and other assets worth UAH 69.2 billion.

On the Vovchansk front, a Russian occupier decided to try an unusual way of combating a Ukrainian drone by attempting to destroy it with a brick.

According to confirmed data, since the beginning of 2026, combat units of the Defence Forces of Ukraine have destroyed more than 11,000 Russian Shahed, Geran and Gerbera drones using high-speed Sting interceptor drones.