Escalation of Violence in Russia-Ukraine Conflict Leads to Civilian Casualties and Missile Attacks.

Air raid sirens sounded across Ukraine as Russia retaliated against a weekend drone strike by Ukrainian forces on a fuel depot in Kremlin-occupied Crimea. Ukrainian officials say Saturday’s attack on the depot was part of the buildup to a long-awaited counteroffensive by Kyiv’s forces to retake territory seized by Moscow. The rise and violent demise of pro-Russian war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky underscored the role of a new cadre of propagandists in the vanguard of the Kremlin’s info wars.