The Russian Defence Ministry said its armed forces struck the transport and logistics hub Kyiv-3, covering about 50,000 sq m.

A-shares opened lower then rallied into the morning; the ChiNext briefly reclaimed 3,600 points. At noon the Shanghai Composite was down 0.05%, the Shenzhen Composite Index up 0.65% and the ChiNext up 1.41%. Combined turnover exceeded 1.5 trillion yuan and more than 2,000 stocks advanced. MLCC stocks led gains, innovative-drug names were active with Baihua Pharmaceutical posting a sixth consecutive limit-up, compute-power leasing spiked intraday, commercial aerospace lagged, while baijiu and non-ferrous metals retraced.

Colombian President De la Espriella will travel to Bogotá to coordinate the earthquake response.