Russia

A 396-page judgment gives Atef Najib an immediate appeal and gives the Assad brothers sentences in absentia. The same ruling carries two very different kinds of legal force.

Damascus has begun the civilian handback while leaving Russia’s military residue inside a three-month transition. The harder question is what “joint” will mean when the public account supplies almost none of the operating rules.

Four days after this paper reported an empty Patriot magazine, another mass-casualty barrage left 17 dead and 44 injured. Ukraine said it neutralised 98 drones while intercepting none of 28 missiles.

Russian officials report deaths after a drone descends on a Krasnodar beach while Ukrainian police video captures an FPV pursuit of a Kherson market seller, leaving mechanism and attribution unresolved.

Russia sent 27 ballistic missiles in an overnight attack led against Kyiv; Ukraine reported one interception and nine deaths in the capital. Zelenskyy said Patriot batteries had no interceptors ready, exposing the gap between installed systems and ammunition.

Two Ukrainian sea drones sank the Russian-flagged Yanina in international Black Sea waters; all 17 crew survived. The ship’s state ownership is clear, but its cargo, individual sanctions status and precise wreck position are not.

The armed incursion tested Polish and NATO readiness. Forensics, intent and treaty action remain separate gates. [E1][E2][E3]