Russia has intensified its offensive in eastern and northeastern Ukraine just as Trump’s peace plan faces pushback, launching fresh assaults around Kupiansk and along the Oskil River while stepping up long‑range strikes on major cities like Kyiv and Kharkiv. Ukrainian officials report “serious” Russian attempts to force Ukrainian troops back in Kharkiv oblast, with withdrawals from several villages in Zaporizhzhia and the south, even as Kyiv insists Russia has not yet broken through on key fronts. At the same time, Russia has unleashed large drone and missile barrages on urban centers, igniting fires, killing civilians, and underscoring Moscow’s effort to gain battlefield leverage while political negotiations in Geneva over a revised U.S. peace framework remain deadlocked.