Russia accused Ukraine of launching drone attacks that sparked a fire at a nuclear power plant in its western Kursk region overnight Sunday.

Russia said power and energy facilities had been targeted by Ukraine, which accused Russia of "spreading manipulations".

The Pentagon has been quietly blocking Ukraine from using U.S.-made long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to strike targets inside Russia, limiting Kyiv's ability to employ these weapons in its defense against Moscow's invasion,

The US has been blocking Ukraine from firing long-range missiles into Russia for several months. The Pentagon introduced a review mechanism in late spring that is effectively preventing Kyiv from striking targets in Russian territory,

Russian forces have captured two new villages along the 1000-km-long battle line in the Donetsk region in the east of Ukraine, said the Russian Ministry of Defence. Russian forces are moving along the battle line in a synchronised and coordinated manner to capture as much land as possible in order to use it as leverage in the upcoming trilateral talks between Trump,