Turkish police detained 110 suspects and seized more than 1.28 tons of narcotics in anti-drug operations across four provinces centered in Istanbul, according to DailySabah. Turkey’s trade minister, Ömer Bolat, stated that Turkish customs seized 40.118 billion lira worth of narcotics, weighing 30 tons and 100 kilograms, at the country’s borders this year, as reported by Meforum.org. The combined volume of heroin, cocaine, cannabis, skunk, methamphetamine and synthetic cannabinoids seized nationwide in Turkey reached approximately 105 metric tons, according to Meforum.org.

In Ukraine, a Ukrainian drone strike in Energodar reportedly wounded four civilians, including two workers at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), one of whom later died, according to Times of India. Rosatom CEO Aleksey Likhachev alleged that Ukrainian drone attacks have evolved from targeting infrastructure to directly targeting personnel at the ZNPP, as reported by Times of India. Likhachev claimed that attacks have escalated from auxiliary facilities and energy infrastructure to key plant equipment and now plant employees, according to Times of India. He warned that any major incident at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant could have consequences extending far beyond Ukraine and Russia, potentially affecting large parts of Europe, according to Times of India. The Zaporizhzhia region is described as one of the most sensitive flashpoints in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.