Germany plans to supply 1,000 newly developed interceptor systems to destroy jet-powered Shahed drones. Merz warned that Russia could attack NATO if it is not stopped. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia had used more than 1,900 attack drones, including more than 800 powered by jets, along with 1,700 aerial bombs and 25 missiles against Ukraine this week.
Russian forces struck Kyiv’s Northern Bridge again during the visit, damaging its roadway and halting traffic toward the right bank of the Dnipro. The attack extended strikes on the capital’s bridges to a fourth day. Russia launched 135 attack drones overnight, more than 50 of them jet-powered, Zelenskyy said. He reported one death and six injuries following strikes on a pharmaceutical warehouse in Sumy and a communications facility in Dnipro.