Russian forces launched drone and artillery attacks on the Nikopol and Synelnykove districts of Dnipropetrovsk region, damaging medical and educational institutions, residential buildings, and injuring five people.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine is counting on Slovakia’s support in its peace efforts and described it as the right move for Slovakia to become part of a new security framework.
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ruslan Stefanchuk, met with Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, to discuss the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 103 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops, with fighting continuing on eight sectors.
European Council President António Costa said that despite Hungary's blocking of negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU, the negotiation process with Ukraine must continue.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that in a situation where even Russian leader Vladimir Putin does not object to Ukraine's membership in the European Union, the position of “friends of Russia,” in particular Hungary, on this issue is strange.
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has released exclusive footage of the destruction of a boat, a radar station, and an electronic warfare station belonging to Russian invaders by special forces of the Department of Active Operations in August 2025 in the Black Sea.