A total of 172 combat clashes took place on all fronts over the past day. The Russians were most active on the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove fronts. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook,

Moscow likely hopes to "drive a wedge in military support for Ukraine," the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War think tank said.

Ukraine’s military said it struck a major oil terminal Monday in Crimea that provides fuel for Russia’s war effort as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the war has entered a key phase. Both sides are facing the issue of how to sustain their costly war of attrition — a conflict that started with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and that shows no signs of a resolution.