Russia said Wednesday for the first time that "small groups" of Ukrainian troops had established positions on the Russian-held side of the Dnipro river.
UN experts have confirmed the full or partial destruction of 152 cultural and historic heritage sites in Ukraine since Russia invaded the country, its cultural agency said Thursday.
EU leaders will gather in Brussels Thursday to discuss calls to formally grant war-torn Ukraine "candidate status" to join the bloc, as Russian forces slowly advance in the eastern Donbas region despite fierce resistance from Kyiv's military.
Ukrainian authorities said Saturday that "fierce battles" with Russia raged in villages outside the eastern city of Severodonetsk, which Moscow's forces have been trying to seize control of for weeks.