Ukraine’s air force claimed that Russia hit its western part with 43 cruise and ballistic missiles as well as 74 drones. Russian authorities confirmed the attack, saying it was in response to Kyiv’s aerial attack on Russian army factories and energy hubs with US ATACMS missiles and UK-made Storm Shadow missiles.

Russia on Sunday claimed its troops had captured a strategically important town in eastern Ukraine, as part of a grinding campaign to weaken Kyiv’s grip on the country’s industrial heartland