Russia's oil infrastructure took Ukrainian drone hits overnight, continuing Kyiv's campaign to squeeze the revenue stream funding the invasion. No production figures yet, but the Kremlin has been rerouting export flows through shadow tankers since Western sanctions bit in 2022. Every refinery strike adds friction to that workaround.

Russia took another step regarding Transnistria – the Russians simplified access to citizenship for people originating from this region of Moldova. It is a very telling move. It means not only that Russia is looking for new soldiers in this way – because citizenship also entails military obligation – it is also Russia's way of staking a claim to Transnistria’s territory. Those in Moscow often tell various interlocutors that supposedly only Donbas interests them. In reality, far more than Donbas is at stake. We must respond to this. All the more so as the presence of the Russian military contingent and special services in Transnistria also poses a challenge for us. We are interested in a stable and strong Moldova.

Russia dropped an aerial bomb on a private home in Dubove, near Belgorod, killing one resident. The Kremlin has spent three years telling Russians the "special military operation" is happening somewhere else.