The Russian Defense Ministry says Moscow’s forces have captured five villages in a renewed ground assault in northeastern Ukraine

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENTA Ukrainian missile struck a restaurant in the city of Donetsk killing three people, according to a Russian-installed local official on Saturday.It was one of three separate Ukrainian drone and artillery strikes that also hit the Russian border regions of Belgorod and Kursk.

Russian forces have mounted two cross-border assaults inside northern Ukraine, marking the most serious offensive in the region in nearly two years. According to Ukrainian sources and officials, the attacks have prompted President Volodymyr Zelensky to declare a "new wave of counteroffensive actions" by Russia.