Deadly Strikes, Drone Spillover Into Moldova and Romania

Russia's overnight strikes on Ukraine turned deadly again: a missile hit a farm in Kharkiv region's Stara Hnylytsya, killing six and wounding twelve, while Kyiv crews spent the morning clearing wreckage of an Iskander-M missile that fell on the capital. The barrage spilled beyond Ukraine's borders. Moldova's president Maia Sandu said four Russian drones entered its airspace, one exploding in the north; in Romania, a drone crash near the border in Suceava county shut schools for the day; no one was hurt. Moldovan police also found the first camera-equipped Russian Herbera drone recovered in the country, near Floresti. Against that backdrop, the CIA has warned European governments that Moscow plans sea-launched drone strikes on Spain, France or Italy before the 2027 elections, targeting right-wing movements, just as Russian drones drift into NATO skies. EU officials called the lifting of sanctions on oligarchs Usmanov and Fridman a dangerous precedent; Kyiv wants Vladimir Lisin and Vladimir Potanin sanctioned instead. The army named DELTA architect Colonel Artem Martynienko deputy commander for digitalization, and Zelenskyy said he hopes to live in Ukraine after his presidency without public hatred. Kyiv's mayor Klitschko asked police to review guards' conduct at Teremky, and the Cabinet approved a Mazepa monument on the boulevard site once held by a Lenin statue.