Kyiv’s increased drone capabilities have offset the decrease in U.S. military aid.

Last month, Ukraine managed to liberate more land than Russia seized – the first time Moscow suffered a net loss of territory since Ukraine’s 2024 Kursk incursion.

Ukrainian drone strikes have triggered fires at industrial facilities in Russia's Tula and Yaroslavl regions, according to their governors, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky saying on Sunday the attacks were a response to Russia's refusal to end the war.

Russia’s ballistic-missile attacks against Ukraine have grown in ferocity and magnitude in recent weeks because Russian military planners are exploiting one of Ukraine’s greatest weaknesses: The Ukrainian military does not have enough Patriot missile interceptors to keep up with the barrages.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia launched 70 missiles and 611 drones against Ukraine in Monday's attack.

Putin had hoped that 2026 would be the year his forces — enabled by his advantage in mass and manpower — would break through the frontlines and seize the contested regions in eastern Ukraine. That has not happened.

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The war has not been going the Kremlin’s way, with battleground losses and growing casualties. With fiercer strikes, Moscow hopes to gain a better position for negotiations.

A Ukrainian drone attack in the Russian city of Tula, south of Moscow, killed three people and wounded three others.