Kyiv time on June 16, a total of 136 combat engagements took place along the front line throughout the day. The heaviest fighting occurred in the directions of Pokrovsk, Novopavlivka, and Toretsk, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Russia is advancing around Kostyantynivka and in the Sumy region with small, fast-moving units as both sides try a new tactic of using motorcycles and civilian cars to quickly cross open terrain.

Russia launched one of its largest airstrikes of the war against Kyiv overnight, firing more than 300 drones and missiles over the border in an attack that killed at least three people and struck

Trump has generally veered away from overtly criticizing Putin while openly berating Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky, but has repeatedly condemned Russia's lethal airstrikes and floated that the Kremlin could be "tapping us along."

Polish and allied aircraft were activated early today to ensure the safety of airspace after Russia launched air strikes targeting western Ukraine near the border with Poland, the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces said.

Russia launched another wave of drone and airstrikes on Ukraine early Saturday, hitting the Kharkiv region and killing at least three people, according to officials, The latest attack comes as peace talks between the two nations to end the more than three-year-long war remain in limbo.