The Latest Breaking News from Belgorod

A Russian official says Moscow's forces have shot down “a large number” of drones in Russia’s southern Belgorod region

Security experts say incursions seek to pull Russian troops away from key battles to help Ukraine counteroffensive.

Reports have emerged of fighting inside Russia involving pro-Ukraine or anti-Putin troops engaged in combat in the Belgorod Oblast. This is a region close to Russia’s border with Ukraine, with a mixed Russian and Ukrainian ethnic population. It is widely reported that Russia has urgently moved nuclear weapons from a…

Ukraine has denied any involvement in a daring cross-border assault that threatens to further escalate the war.

Two armed groups, the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) and Freedom of Russia Legion, say they have carried out attacks in Russia's western Belgorod region in recent weeks.

Members of militias, however, insist their operations in Belgorod are ongoing

Russia claims it killed 70 attackers in repelling cross-border raid into Belgorod; Zelenskiy visits frontline marines in Donetsk region

On the border with Ukraine, Belgorod has been plagued by unclaimed attacks, explosions and Russian friendly fire since the outbreak of the conflict

Training Ukrainian pilots to fly US-built F-16 fighter jets does not make NATO "a party to the conflict", alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday, although he added that it would send the message that NATO is "there for the long term”. Poland's defence minister said later in the day…