Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhia Regional Military Administration, said Russian troops carried out nearly 400 attacks on nine settlements in the southeastern Zaporizhia region of Ukraine within 24 hours. Some 13 reports of damage to residential buildings, vehicles and infrastructure were recorded.

Moscow is set on capturing as much territory as possible as the Trump administration is pushing for negotiations to end the war.

The Russian leadership is exchanging men—many of them previous casualties discharged prematurely from military hospitals—for land.