Iran's army commander Amir Hatami said the "enemy" sought to destroy Iran's drone and missile capabilities, but Iran will "continue to launch stockpiled weapons at maximum intensity to the 11-TH HOUR." He added that, by military logic, an attacker is only deemed victorious if it achieves its objectives; in defensive warfare, an enemy's failure to meet its objectives constitutes victory for the defender.

President Trump posted that CNN is in a "death spiral" and that MSNBC — which he nicknamed MSNOW (calling it MSDNC's new name) — is likewise failing and has no viewers. He singled out CNN pollster Harry Enten as the network's best, saying Enten shows Trump's popularity is six times that of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington or any other president, and urged CNN not to fire him. Trump said CNN could still recover with leadership and anchor changes but insisted MSNBC could not.

Ukraine's Kyiv regional governor Serhiy Tkachenko said on the 29th a Russian strike hit a warehouse in Bucha district, killing 37. Rescue teams and authorities remain on site. Tkachenko said Russian forces carried out sustained strikes on Kyiv oblast on the 27th–28th targeting residential buildings, warehouses and vehicles; the warehouse explosion sparked a fire that spread to nearby apartment blocks, causing further casualties.