Russia says Ukraine used Western weapons to destroy bridge in Kursk

Russia issued a stark warning to Poland on Monday over the NATO member's repeated proposals to down Russian missiles over Ukraine with its air defense systems.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has denied that the ongoing Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) incursion into Russia’s southwestern Kursk region derailed secret peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv.

The relentless assault on Ukrainian strongholds in Donetsk and neighbouring Luhansk, which together make up the Donbas industrial region, has cost Russia heavily in troops and armor.

It was one of four Ukrainian regions that Moscow claimed to have annexed in 2022, despite not having full control over any of them.