An emboldened Russia has ramped up military offensives on two fronts in Ukraine. The renewed fighting has scattered Kyiv’s precious reserve troops and threatened to expand the fighting to a sixth Ukrainian region as each side seeks an advantage before the fighting season wanes in the autumn.

Russia ramped up drone attacks on Ukraine dramatically in June, an AFP analysis published Tuesday showed, pressuring the war-torn country's stretched air defence systems and exhausted civilian population.

The overnight barrage by Russia targeted numerous civilian infrastructure points, including residential areas, energy facilities, and transportation hubs.

Demand for Patriot air defense systems and their interceptor missiles is "growing significantly," a RUSI research fellow said.

A halt to supplies of Patriot interceptor missiles is a blow to the embattled country’s efforts to withstand Russia’s mounting and increasingly deadly aerial assaults.

The White House cited Pentagon concerns that some American arms stockpiles were dwindling too low. Among the affected weapons were air defense systems, bombs, missiles and artillery rounds.

Officials say a Ukrainian drone has struck an industrial plant deep inside Russia, injuring several people and causing a fire. Ukrainian officials say the plant produces drones and air