Russian forces launched 97 strike drones at Ukraine overnight into Thursday, with Ukrainian air defenses downing or suppressing 70 of them, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.

Overnight into Wednesday, Defense Forces units struck an oil depot in Russia's Belgorod Oblast and a material-technical supplies warehouse in occupied Donetsk Oblast, according to Ukraine's Armed Forces General Staff.

The Kremlin is conducting a comprehensive special operation to disrupt "peace negotiations," including preparing a large-scale provocation with human casualties, Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service said in a statement.

Russian forces attacked a Kharkiv suburb with guided aerial bombs, according to regional governor Oleg Synegubov.