Escalating Conflict: Attacks and Counterattacks between Ukraine and Russia.

Russia's Defense Ministry announced that it thwarted a large Ukrainian attack in the eastern province of Donetsk, claiming that 250 Ukrainian personnel were killed and 16 Ukrainian tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, and 21 armored combat vehicles were destroyed. It is unclear if this was the start of a Ukrainian counteroffensive. Meanwhile, Russian drone and cruise missile strikes targeted multiple areas of Ukraine, including the capital, Kyiv. The Ukrainian air force downed six of eight Shahed self-exploding drones and four of six cruise missiles fired.