Russia said on Thursday that its forces had taken control of one more settlement in Donetsk region, while Ukraine on the same day claimed to have repelled multiple Russian attacks.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in a briefing that Russian troops had carried out strikes on Ukrainian military airport infrastructure, ammunition and fuel depots, as well as assembly areas for Ukrainian military personnel and equipment in 135 regions.
The ministry also stated that Russian air defense systems had shot down 95 Ukrainian drones and reported over 300 casualties among the Ukrainian troops in Russia's western Kursk region.
On the same day, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that there had been 79 fights on the front lines, with the situation remaining tense, particularly in the directions of Pokrovsk and Kurakhove. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military had repelled Russian attacks towards the Volchansk and Kupyansk regions.
In addition, operations by the Ukrainian military in the Kursk region were ongoing, according to the Ukrainian side.
Russia seizes one more settlement in Donetsk, Ukraine repels Russian attacks
Military targets in Iran's Kharg Island have been "totally obliterated" in the latest U.S. bombing raids, U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday on Truth Social.
"Moments ago, at my direction, the United States Central Command executed one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East, and totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran's crown jewel, Kharg Island," the president wrote in the post.
He added that he had "chosen NOT to wipe out the Oil Infrastructure on the Island."
"However, should Iran, or anyone else, do anything to interfere with the Free and Safe Passage of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz, I will immediately reconsider this decision," Trump wrote.
A spokesman from the Iranian Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters warned on Saturday local time that the "smallest attack on the energy infrastructure and ports" will trigger a "crushing and devastating response".
"In the event of such aggression, all oil and gas infrastructure in the region in which the U.S. and its Western allies are stakeholders will be set on fire and destroyed," he said.
Located about 24 kilometers off the coast of Iran in the Gulf, Kharg Island serves as the export terminal for 90 percent of Iran's oil shipments.
U.S. carries out bombing raids on military targets in Iran's Kharg Island: Trump
U.S. carries out bombing raids on military targets in Iran's Kharg Island: Trump
