Warsaw, Oct. 6 -- Flights stall in Munich, Poland raises alert, and Zaporizhzhia stays off the grid as day 1319 reverberates across Europe

On day 1,319 of the Russia Ukraine war, the map of risk stretched from western Ukraine's rail lines to the airspace above Germany and the narrow seas off Denmark. Readers who tracked the build up will recognize themes we explored in our Day 1317 wrap on grid stress and airports and in the Day 1318 briefing on nuclear anxieties. Overnight strikes again reached deep into Ukraine's west, a region that for long stretches of the war felt like a staging area rather than a target. In Europe, drone sightings suspended flight operations and forced diversions, a reminder that the conflict's fallout now travels ...