Ukraine’s continued focus on Kursk shows how important Kyiv believes it is to hold on to Russian land, especially if Trump pushes both sides to the negotiating table.

Ukraine's army struck a supermarket on Friday in the Russian-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, in an attack that used U.S.-supplied missiles, a senior Russian-backed official said. Reuters was able to confirm the location from a nearby building’s facades,

At least three people were killed Friday morning and six others were wounded in Ukrainian strikes on Russian-occupied areas of eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, Moscow-backed officials said. The Russian-installed governor of Donetsk,