Russia is advancing around Kostyantynivka and in the Sumy region with small, fast-moving units as both sides try a new tactic of using motorcycles and civilian cars to quickly cross open terrain.
The assault continued Moscow’s stepped-up drone and missile attacks, which have been ratcheting up for months with nightly bombardments on regions and cities in Ukraine.
Moscow has stepped up drone and missile attacks despite U.S. pressure to work toward a cease-fire. The strikes have intensified after Ukrainian drones hit Russian air bases.
The attack used almost 500 drones and missiles, breaking a record set just days earlier, as Russia tries to overwhelm Ukraine’s air defenses, which shot down most of the weapons.
Sheltering in a metro station in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, on Friday. Amid intensified bombardment, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has urged civilians to pay attention to air-raid warnings.
The Ukrainian military says its new weapon system, which launches antiaircraft missiles from a remote-controlled speedboat, has brought down two Russian jet fighters.
The Kerch Strait Bridge, connecting the Russian mainland and Crimean peninsula, in 2023. Ukraine first attacked it the previous October, with a truck bomb.
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