Russia's 'revenge strikes' flatten key Ukrainian energy, weapons sites as Trump fails to convince Xi

Russian forces claim fresh battlefield victories with the capture of Sadovoye in Kharkov and Krasnogorskoye in Zaporozhye, intensifying air and drone strikes on Ukraine’s military, industrial, and energy sites as “revenge” for Ukrainian attacks; Moscow says its latest assaults inflicted up to 3,000 Ukrainian casualties and hit Donetsk’s power grid, while Ukraine retaliates with drone strikes on Crimea and oil infrastructure.