KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An emboldened Russia has ramped up military offensives on two fronts in Ukraine, scattering Kyiv’s precious reserve troops and threatening to expand the fighting to a new Ukrainian region as each side seeks an advantage before the fighting season wanes in the autumn.

Moscow's forces made gains in the Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia regions, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Russia has claimed new territorial gains in its summer offensive, including the capture of Novoukrainka village in Donetsk, pushing its forces to the edge of the Dnipropetrovsk region for the first time.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia has taken full control of Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region, more than three years after President Vladimir Putin ordered thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian-backed head of the region told Russian state television.

A Russia-appointed official in Ukraine’s occupied Luhansk region says that Moscow’s forces have overrun all of it.

If confirmed, it would be the first Ukrainian region fully occupied by Moscow since the 2022 invasion, a claim Kyiv has yet to address.

Russian Attacks and War Developments. Russia hit Ukraine with the most massive aerial barrage of the war to date on the evening of Jun 28 and i

The overnight barrage by Russia targeted numerous civilian infrastructure points, including residential areas, energy facilities, and transportation hubs.