In recent hours, there has been an escalation in fighting between Russia and Ukraine, with both sides reporting the interception of more than 100 drones.

Ukrainian company DTEK confirmed that Russia launched a “massive attack” on energy facilities in Dnipro and Odesa.

Meanwhile, the number of injuries from a Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, has risen to 14 people.

Russian forces announced the recapture of two settlements in the Kursk region in a related development.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Kyiv’s forces still resist Russian and North Korean troops in the Russian Kursk region, asserting that “they are not encircled there.”