Russian forces shelled and bombed communities in Sumy Oblast near the border with Russia over 50 times on Feb. 12, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported.
According to regional officials, Russian troops attacked the communities of Esman, Yunakivka, Krasnopillia, and Znob-Novhorodske.
No casualties were reported.
Russian forces fired mortars on Esman, damaging a cafe.
According to investigators, officials involved in the scheme allegedly received up to 30% of contract funds as kickbacks. Among those detained are lawmaker Oleksii Kuznetsov and former Luhansk Oblast Governor Serhii Haidai.
Russian forces use the system to attack Ukrainian-controlled territory and target frontline military positions of the Ukrainian army.
Satellite imagery captured in July 2025 shows visible changes at the airport.
Baltic states have been raising alarms about a growing Russian threat to the region and NATO.
Videos posted to social media purported to show the view from a plane landing at the airport with the burning depot clearly visible.
Drones operated by Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) targeted an airfield in the city of Saky.
Zaporizhzhia Oblast suffered the heaviest toll in the latest wave of Russian attacks, with three fatalities confirmed.
The village of Hoptivka lies on the Ukrainian-Russian border, adjacent to Russia's Belgorod Oblast.
The SBU has detained several people this year accused of working for Russian forces in Ukraine.
Russia's Defense Ministry claimed that a total of 61 Ukrainian drones were shot down over various regions of the country overnight.
U.S. President Donald Trump said that his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, may travel to Russia on Aug. 6 or 7 — just days before a deadline for Moscow to reach a peace deal with Ukraine or face secondary tariffs targeting its oil exports.
The number includes 1,010 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
The Russian and Chinese navies are conducting joint military exercises in the Sea of Japan, the Kremlin said Aug. 3, just days after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of nuclear submarines in a show of force toward Moscow.
Markus Soder, Prime Minister of the German state of Bavaria, has called for an end to citizen's allowance payments for Ukrainian refugees, proposing that new arrivals instead receive reduced benefits under the country's Asylum Seekers Benefits Act.
In an Aug. 3 Fox News interview, senior Trump aide Stephen Miller accused India of helping fund Russia's war in Ukraine by continuing to import oil from Moscow.
