Following the MSPO 2025 International Defense Industry Exhibition in Poland’s Kielce, a team of Ukrainian Defense Industry JSC (UDI) has signed more than 10 defense industry cooperation agreements.
Russia has damaged 1,700 schools in Ukraine and destroyed 226, with kindergartens, vocational schools, and higher education institutions also suffering damage.
Additional payments are provided for medical facilities in communities with low population density and located in combat zones, and new incentives for young doctors have been introduced.
A large group of Ukrainian children has been returned from territories temporarily occupied by Russia as part of the Ukrainian President's Bring Kids Back UA initiative.
Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot has confirmed his country's strong opposition to the transfer of frozen Russian assets, most of which are held in Belgian banks, to help Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that if Russian leader Vladimir Putin genuinely wanted to end the war, he would not be inciting Ukraine’s neighbors—particularly Slovakia—to impose an energy blockade.
Russian forces launched drone and artillery attacks on the Nikopol and Synelnykove districts of Dnipropetrovsk region, damaging medical and educational institutions, residential buildings, and injuring five people.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine is counting on Slovakia’s support in its peace efforts and described it as the right move for Slovakia to become part of a new security framework.
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ruslan Stefanchuk, met with Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, to discuss the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 103 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops, with fighting continuing on eight sectors.