Putin Defends Mobile-Internet Outages as Security Measure Amid War Fronts Expand
Russian President Putin publicly justified ongoing mobile-internet outages as a security measure and signaled that restrictions will continue, while the Kremlin pursues a narrative of NATO pressure and Baltic-state tensions. On the battlefield, Russian forces pressed operations across Kharkiv, Sumy, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions, conducted drone strikes, and a deadly apartment building attack was reported in Dnipro. The European Union finalized the final piece of a 90 billion euro, interest-free loan to Ukraine to bolster defense capacity and macroeconomic support, highlighting Kyiv’s ongoing military and economic needs amid the conflict.