Russia Faces Escalating Attacks as Ukraine Prepares to Strike Back

Russia's Belgorod region has suffered hundreds of missile strikes in recent days, injuring 16 people and killing two women. Pro-Ukraine Russian rebel groups are reportedly still active in the region. Ukrainian forces are preparing to launch a major counteroffensive to reclaim land taken by Russia, including chunks of Ukrainian territory in the south and east, and possibly even Crimea. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed optimism over his country's chances in the fight to come.