Consequences of the strike on Kyiv. Photo by Tetiana Dzhafarova / AFP / Scanpix / LETA.
- According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, 55 Ukrainian drones were shot down on Monday evening: 31 over Bryansk region, 11 over Rostov, three over Belgorod, as well as two each in Volgograd and Ryazan regions, and one approaching Moscow. Additionally, one UAV was shot down over Kursk, Penza, Smolensk, and Tula regions.
- Major General Yevgeny Khmara, head of the Special Operations Center "A" of the SBU, has been appointed acting head of the Security Service of Ukraine.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the upcoming dismissal of SBU head Vasyl Maliuk, who will continue to work in the field of preparing "asymmetric operations" against Russia.
- As a result of Russian troop attacks on several areas of Dnipropetrovsk region on Monday, four people were injured, including a 9-year-old girl, according to Vladyslav Haivanenko, head of the regional administration.
- At the Paris summit of the "coalition of the willing," which will take place on Tuesday, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner will participate. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is also expected to attend.
- A 24-year-old woman suspected of blowing up a vehicle belonging to a Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier was detained in Kyiv; the operation to capture her took several hours.
