The Latest Breaking News from Kursk

Shoot down Russian missiles and drones, Ukraine urges its neighbours; hopes rise of US permission to fire long-range missiles into Russia. What we know on day 932

Moscow’s troops have retaken some 10 settlements as Kyiv confirms Russian counter-attack is under way.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday his main aim in Ukraine after 30 months of fighting was to capture the eastern Donbas area -- and claimed that Ukraine's Kursk counter-offensive had made that easier.

Top U.S. military leaders will be in Germany to discuss Ukraine’s wartime needs as Russia has conducted one of its deadliest airstrikes in the conflict and Ukraine presses its offensive in Russia’s Kursk region

As Ukraine seeks approval to strike military targets deep inside Russia with US weapons, forces struggle in the east.

Russian leader claims Kyiv’s bid had an opposite effect, allowing Moscow to accelerate its eastern Ukraine offensive.

Ukraine's parliament on Thursday approved the nomination of Andriy Sybiha as foreign minister, part of the biggest government reshuffle since the full-scale Russian invasion two and a half years ago. Sybiha replaces Dmytro Kuleba, who pressed the West to come to Ukraine's aid after Russia's invasion and to provide it…

Zelenskiy briefs Biden official on Kursk and wider war; Germany activates its own Iris-T SLM air defences after giving first ones to Ukraine. What we know on day 925

Russian troops are inching ever close to Ukraine’s eastern city of Pokrovsk, a vital logistical hub for Kyiv’s outgunned and outnumbered forces, leading some analysts to question the wisdom of a Ukrainian lightning offensive on Russian soil that was intended to distract Moscow from its Donbas push.