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Russian President Vladimir Putin is describing a Ukrainian incursion into the country’s southwestern Kursk region as a “large-scale provocation” as his officials say they are fighting off cross-border raids for a second day

Russian border region faces alleged Ukrainian incursion, prompting blood donations. Conflict escalates in Kursk with unverified reports of troop movements.

Moscow's defence ministry said it had rushed its troops and aviation units to the border in southwestern Kursk region after a morning raid by Ukrainian units -- the latest such attack throughout the conflict.

Niger’s military junta has announced it has cut diplomatic ties with Ukraine, following a similar decision by neighboring Mali, after Ukraine admitted it had provided intelligence to rebel groups involved in a fight in northern Mali that killed dozens of Malian soldiers along with fighters of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group.

France is calling on Russia to immediately release French researcher Laurent Vinatier, who last week missed out on a major prisoner exchange in which 16 prisoners were released from Russia to the West.

As the war enters its 894th day, these are the main developments.

Raid into Russia by 300 soldiers from Ukraine with tanks and armour; Shoigu ‘heavily over-exaggerates’ territorial gains. What we know on day 896

Russian military claims it repelled incursion by 300 soldiers up to six miles into Kursk border region