As Russia intensifies its air strikes against Ukraine, its tactics have visibly shifted, with a growing number of missile and drone attacks now targeting western regions once considered relatively safe.

Russian forces launched a drone strike on the Shostka community, sparking fires, according to the head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration, Oleh Hryhorov. "Around 10:00 p.m. Kyiv time, the enemy carried out a massive UAV strike on civilian infrastructure in the Shostka community,

Russia targeted Ukrainian cities with another barrage of overnight drone and missile attacks, killing at least two people and wounding at last 10 others, Ukrainian officials said on July 12.

Russia launched its largest drone and missile bombardment of Ukraine overnight into Wednesday, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

At least six people were killed overnight and on Saturday as Russia continued to pound Ukraine with hundreds of drones as part of a stepped-up bombing campaign that has further dampened hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the more than three-year-old war.

Poland on Saturday scrambled fighter jets in response to Russian military aircraft near its border with Ukraine.