After a week of intensive Russian strikes across Ukraine, including in civilian areas, Ukrainian forces continued to press counteroffensives in the southern and eastern parts of the country. But as winter approaches, Ukrainians are under new hardships, with many factories and energy facilities damaged or temporarily closed.
Russia is also facing setbacks in Ukraine and has lost more than 6,000 pieces of equipment since the beginning of the war, according to an assessment from the U.S. intelligence community.
Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Friday that the “massive strikes” would subside, “at least for now, and then we’ll see,” he said at a news conference in the Kazakh capital, Astana. He also assured Russians that the mobilization of army reservists, an unpopular order that prompted tens of thousands of men to flee Russia, would finish in two weeks, the official Tass news agency reported.
Here’s the latest on the war and its ripple effects across the globe.
