Russia reported fresh Ukrainian drone attacks on Friday evening, a day after explosions erupted near military bases in Russian-held areas of Ukraine and Russia itself, apparent displays of Kyiv's growing ability to pummel Moscow's assets far from front lines.
FIGHTING
-Britain's latest military intelligence assessment said there had been "only minimal changes in territorial control along the front line" over the past week.
-In the eastern Donbas region, Russian forces have approached the outskirts of the town of Bakhmut, but have not yet broken into the built-up area, the UK defense ministry said.
-It added Russia had not made any major efforts to advance in the Zaporizhzhia or Kharkiv sectors, while in the southwest, neither Ukrainian nor Russian forces have made advances on the Kherson front line.
-Russian forces continued offensive operations in the direction of Kramatorsk and Bakhmut, west of the Luhansk area held by pro-Russian separatists, Ukraine's General Staff said.
-Blasts at the Saky air base in the annexed Crimean peninsula this month have put more than half the Russian Black Sea fleet's naval aviation combat jets out of use, a Western official said on Friday.
-The fleet is to receive 12 new vessels alongside additional aviation and land-based vehicles this year, newly appointed commander Vice Admiral Viktor Sokolov said on -Friday, state-owned TASS news agency reported.
-Reuters could not confirm battlefield reports independently.
