Daily brief
Ukraine launched its largest drone attack on Russia to date, deploying 600 drones to strike oil facilities and air defenses deep inside Russian territory, with one official describing the operation as cutting a door through. The attack hit the Moscow region, according to Ukrainian claims, and follows a massive drone assault on Moscow the previous day that killed three people. Russia reported dozens of strikes on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and the town of Energodar, while Ukrainian intelligence said its forces pushed Russian troops out of Stepnohirsk in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Belarus launched joint military drills with Russia involving Russian nuclear weapons, raising concerns about a potential new offensive, though the Belarusian government dismissed those fears.
A Russian drone struck a Chinese ship off the coast of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials, ahead of a meeting between President Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Lithuania called on NATO to attack the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
Russia pounded Dnipro and Odesa overnight, injuring 20 people including children, while a German firm was found to have secretly routed European technology to Russia's war machine.