Russia’s Defense Ministry claims that Russian troops have fought their way into the center of a strategically important eastern Ukraine town and raised the Russian flag there after a monthslong battle.

Russia says it shot down more than 120 drones overnight, in what would be one of the largest attacks of the war.

Ukraine's drone attack on a critical Russian oil refinery intensifies the conflict's energy infrastructure warfare component, while Trump calls for OPEC to lower oil prices to end the war.