Donald Trump Jr. suggested his father might walk away from Ukraine if no peace deal is reached, citing corruption in Kyiv and calling Zelensky “a borderline deity” created by the left. Speaking at the Doha Forum, Trump Jr. said unpredictability is his father’s strength and warned that Ukraine shouldn’t count on unconditional U.S. support.

EU Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius says Europe must plan for the possibility that NATO’s Article 5 might “not work” when needed. With the U.S. pivoting to the Pacific and signaling it wants Europe to take more responsibility, Kubilius stresses the need for backup security guarantees and institutional readiness just in case.

This week alone, Russia launched over 1,600 attack drones, around 1,200 guided bombs, and nearly 70 missiles at Ukraine, Zelensky reported. The main targets: infrastructure supporting everyday life. Today’s strike involved 240+ drones and 5 ballistic missiles, with damage in 7 regions and fatalities in Slovyansk and Chernihiv region.

Czech President Pavel warns: “If Putin wins in Ukraine, we all lose.” He compared secret U.S.-Russia talks on territorial concessions to the 1938 Munich Agreement, calling them dangerously familiar. Letting Russia emerge victorious from this war, he stressed, would be a defeat for all of Europe.

Ukraine’s latest Magura V7 naval drone, a next-gen upgrade of the V5 developed by GUR, has been spotted armed with AIM-9L(M) Sidewinder missiles. This turns the sea drone into a platform capable of targeting not just ships, but also enemy drones, helicopters and even fighter jets.

Ukrainian hackers wiped 165TB of data from Russian logistics giant Eltrans+, a key supplier of Chinese electronics to Russia’s missile factories. Over 700 servers were knocked out, all cargo declarations destroyed, and the firm’s websites defaced with pro-Ukraine messages.

After Elon Musk lashed out at the EU, calling for its dissolution and accusing the Commission of strangling Europe with bureaucracy, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski fired back: “Go to Mars. There’s no censorship on Nazi salutes there.”

Polish PM Donald Tusk to the US: “Dear American friends, Europe is your closest ally, not your problem. We’ve had common enemies for the past 80 years. We must stick to that, it’s the only sensible strategy for our shared security. Unless something has changed.”

A massive overnight missile and drone attack across Ukraine overnight. Russian MiG-31K launched Kinzhal missiles, ballistic strikes hit Kyiv and Dnipro, and at least six ballistic missiles targeted the Kryvyi Rih TPP. Cruise missile groups are still heading toward Lviv region.

Seven Ukrainian children taken by Russian occupation authorities have been returned home from the Kursk and Moscow regions, as well as the Republic of Mari El. The children are from Kherson and Kharkiv regions. Notably, Melania Trump was reportedly involved in the behind-the-scenes efforts to secure their return.