Elsewhere, Ukrainian and Russian media reported explosions across Russian-occupied Crimea, and Russia‘s defence ministry said its air defences had detected and destroyed 22 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea overnight.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-putin-ukraine-nuclear-power-plant-b2334263.html

Explosions were reported on Friday in the Russian-occupied city of Luhansk, about 90km (56 miles) behind the front line in eastern Ukraine.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65581170?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

In Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine, an estimated 19,000 children from have been abducted and put in so-called "filtration camps," Soviet-era-like facilities where they are being "re-educated" in brutal conditions.

Source: https://worldcrunch.com/focus/russia-abduction-ukrainian-children

Kyiv’s counter-offensive, launched in the summer, aims to liberate Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine but has so far seen small gains.

Source: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/ukraine-russia-north-korea-counter-offensive-winter-weather-mark-milley-b1106040.html

Meanwhile, conditions on the ground have only worsened with the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in a Russian-occupied area of Ukraine, which has led to the evacuation of thousands of people.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/28a0f3ebffb5bd81?ref=ff

Missiles pound targets deep inside Russian-occupied Ukraine - days after UK supplied new long-range.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12065989/Aussie-driver-exposes-problem-electric-vehicles-Mercedes-Benz-got-flat-tyre.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Mothers and children returning to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, from Russian-occupied territories by bus in March.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/27/world/europe/blacklisted-oligarch-western-banks-russia.html

Mr. Zelensky, in his overnight address, emphasized the broader goal of retaking all the Russian-occupied territory.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/world/europe/ukraine-soledar-bakhmut-wagner.html

Robotyne is six miles south of the frontline town of Orikhiv in the Zaporizhzhia region on an important road towards Tokmak — a Russian-occupied road and rail hub.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/08/28/ukraine-says-it-has-liberated-southeastern-settlement-robotyne/

Russia is protecting these people,” she said of Ukrainians living in Russian-occupied territory, calling the deaths of the Wagner leadership a “tragedy.”

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/27/world/europe/prigozhin-wagner-memorial-russia.html

Russian air defense is active in Russian-occupied Crimea.

Source: https://stirileprotv.ro/stiri/international/ucrainenii-spun-ca-atacurile-asupra-depozitelor-de-petrol-din-crimeea-sunt-inevitabile.html

She co-ordinates a Canadian-funded counselling service in Uzhhorod, a small resort town near the border with Slovakia, where people arrived by the thousands after fleeing Russian-occupied territories.

Source: https://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/national/aid-for-war-related-sexual-violence-in-ukraine-also-benefits-domestic-abuse-survivors/article_9b086226-9c9f-5f0d-976f-4dff8b178c30.html

The mission of Ukraine’s president in Russian-occupied Crimea said that Moscow was preparing to start a new round of mobilisation for the Russian army in the territory.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/30/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-553?traffic_source=rss

The residents of Oleshky in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine could not identify many of those they buried after a catastrophic dam collapse in June sent water coursing through their homes and shattered their lives.

Source: https://halifax.citynews.ca/2023/12/28/ap-concludes-at-least-hundreds-died-in-floods-after-ukraine-dam-collapse-far-more-than-russia-said/

Ukraine has reclaimed large swathes of Russian-occupied territory in recent weeks after launching a counteroffensive, prompting more criticism of the Russian Defence Ministry and those overseeing the invasion.

Source: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/putin-facing-second-rebellion-marching-30610859

Ukraine's armed forces said they hit marine and port infrastructure at a factory in the port city of Kerch in Russian-occupied Crimea on Saturday.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-putin-latest-news-b2441553.html

Ukrainian intelligence suggests that authorities in the Russian-occupied region of Crimea have started preparations for a possible Ukrainian military operation to liberate the Ukrainian peninsula.

Source: https://www.ibtimes.com.au/russia-preparing-ukraine-liberate-crimea-defense-intelligence-1844268?utm_source=Public&utm_medium=Feed&utm_campaign=Distribution

Vladimir Rogov, an official with the Moscow-appointed regional administration for the Russian-occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region, claimed the building was hit by a Ukrainian air defense missile that was launched to intercept a Russian missile.

Source: https://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/world/ukrainian-civilians-killed-by-russian-missiles-and-drones/article_1c0f2613-b7da-5507-81b9-6e852ac1709f.html

With Ukraine’s summer counteroffensive making slow, incremental gains in recapturing Russian-occupied territory, some defense officials and diplomats’ assessments of what the endgame for the war might look like are shifting.

Source: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/nato-ukraine-russia-war-statement-rcna100260