The National Guard of Ukraine said on Thursday that its forces are entrenched near the village of Urozhaine in the eastern Donetsk region and repelling Russian attacks after retaking the area.
Russia shot down a drone over Moscow, the city's mayor said early Friday. Meanwhile, Russia's Defense Ministry said it repelled a new Ukrainian attack on the Black Sea. Follow here for live updates.
Some 14,000 people in the frontline region of Donetsk have been left without power after Russian shelling affected generation at a thermal powerplant, according to Ukraine's grid operator Ukrenergo.
A Ukrainian flag was hung near a building operated by Federal Security Service (FSB) in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod, several videos posted on social media and verified by CNN show.
Ukraine has ramped up missile strikes on Russian-occupied Crimea in recent weeks in an effort to disrupt Russian logistics and resupply efforts as fighting rages in southern Ukraine – but it’s a strategy that some US officials in Washington are viewing with skepticism.