Daily brief
Concerns are growing that Belarus could be used as a staging ground for a renewed Russian offensive in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Zelensky acknowledged that the US has not responded to his request for air defense missiles, and he stressed the need to stop Russian strikes on Ukraine.
Ukraine denied its drone deliberately hit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, dismissing Russian claims as fake.
Ukraine said it struck the Saratov refinery in southwestern Russia, and a drone attack caused a massive fire at a Russian refinery.
Israel seized a Crusader castle in its southern Lebanon offensive.
Germany sent a new IRIS-T air defense launcher to Ukraine amid continued Russian missile and drone attacks.