09:08⇢Peskov Frames Witkoff Meeting As Path To Putin-Trump Summit
⌨The newspapers extensively report on Putin's meeting with Trump's envoy Witkoff, which Kremlin spokesman Peskov described as a step toward a Putin-Trump meeting (Izvestia, Kommersant, RBC, Vesti). Military news includes a Russian missile strike on Ukraine's Sumy city killing over 20 civilians (Moscow Times) and claims of Ukrainian forces attacking Russian energy infrastructure (TASS). Other reports discuss Russian drone operations against Ukrainian forces (RIA Novosti), volunteer nurses helping wounded Russian soldiers (Komsomolskaya Pravda), and increased contract soldier recruitment in Russian regions (Svoboda).