Cross-border drone incidents, strikes, and ground fighting caused casualties, infrastructure damage, and airspace responses while both sides reported attacks and territorial claims.
Russia launched massive overnight strikes across Ukraine, causing civilian casualties and infrastructure damage while both sides claimed battlefield gains and extensive air defenses intercepted attacks.
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Ukraine is viewed by Washington as covering a geographical area of about 600,000 square kilometers, while Moscow considers it to be 20% smaller due to its claims over eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian drone strike kills 1 in as fighting rages ahead of a planned Trump-Putin summit
A Ukrainian drone attack killed one person and wounded two more in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod, with reports of drones targeting industrial zones causing casualties.