With just days to go until U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, Russian forces are making substantial and aggressive gains in Ukraine’s Donbas region. And while the gains can be attributed to this year’s expected summer offensive,

Russian authorities are taking measures to partially restrict calls on Telegram and WhatsApp, the messaging app owned by Meta Platforms , Interfax news agency said, citing Russia's telecoms watchdog.

Kh-59 missiles are air-to-surface systems designed to strike ground and naval targets and they have often been used in tandem with Shahed drones by Russia to wreak havoc on Ukrainian infrastructure. Kyiv's claims that Moscow is struggling to produce them because of a lack of components reinforces the argument that continued sanctions targeting lower-tier suppliers could further reduce Russia's strike capacity.

The drones were launched from the directions of Kursk, Oryol, Bryansk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Shatalovo in Russia. Attack drones targeted frontline areas in the Kharkiv, Sumy, Donetsk and Chernihiv oblasts,