Ukraine's Fire Point FP-7 ballistic missile has completed its first flight and moved to combat testing. Chief designer Denis Shtilerman said the FP-7 is an ATACMS equivalent with a 300 km range and costs half as much, with all components produced domestically.
❗️France, China, Japan, Australia, and the UK all declined to join Trump's proposed military operation to unblock the Hormuz Strait.
The IDF struck Iran's satellite ground reception stations, destroying Iran's ability to produce, launch, and receive data from satellites. A separate strike destroyed a center in central Tehran used to develop space-based satellite attack capabilities.
Ukraine's Spartan Brigade destroyed three Russian tanks on the Pokrovsk axis using strike drones guided by aerial reconnaissance, including one tank concealed inside a building.
Russia's morning drone attack on Kyiv was atypical, with around 30 drones equipped with mesh networks and other control systems enabling in-flight guidance toward Kyiv region. Almost all were shot down, Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ignat said. Debris found in central Kyiv is being identified.
Trump, aboard Air Force One, stated that Iranian naval kamikaze drones do not exist and are AI-generated fakes, adding that if they were real the US would have struck them as it has other vessels.
Ukraine destroyed a Tor-M1 air defense system near Korobkyne in occupied Luhansk and a Tor system near Balashivka in occupied Zaporizhzhia, along with an S-300 radar near Chervone in occupied Donetsk. Command observation posts near Stepne in occupied Donetsk and Bahate in occupied Zaporizhzhia were also struck, the General Staff confirmed.
Russia deployed a new AI-guided Lancet drone in a strike on Kyiv for the first time, with the drone coming down near the Monument of Independence. The possible launch point was Belarus, Defense Express reported.
Turkey's Foreign Ministry reiterated it does not recognize Russia's annexation of Crimea on the twelfth anniversary of the illegitimate referendum, calling it a violation of international law and reaffirming support for Ukraine's territorial integrity.
Russia launched 211 Shahed, Gerber, Italmas, and other drones at Ukraine overnight and into the morning, with over 100 Shaheds among them. Ukraine's air defense shot down or suppressed 194. Sixteen drones hit 10 locations. The attack included an unusual morning wave targeting Kyiv region.
Russian social media channels have been promoting a fictitious "People's Republic of Narva" in eastern Estonia since early March, calling for sabotage and armed resistance. Estonian intelligence told Bild it cannot exclude the narrative is preparing a Russian incursion modeled on Ukraine 2014.
Ukraine's State Border Guard Service STRIX unit destroyed a Russian mortar, vehicle, field depot, and mobile fire group in Kharkiv region using drone strikes.
Kyiv's air defense shot down most targets approaching the capital during morning rush hour, with no casualties reported, the Kyiv City Military Administration announced. Russia's attack was the latest in a series of combined strikes on Kyiv and the region over recent days.
Russia launched a combined attack on Kyiv with Shaheds, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles targeting power stations, with air defense shooting down all four cruise missiles. A Shahed also struck a residential building in Kharkiv, with casualties reported.
A Russian Shahed drone struck a road with moving vehicles in Sumy.