The Latest Breaking News from Volodymyr Zelenksyy

Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of starting blaze at Zaporizhzhia plant; Russia evacuates parts of Belogrod. What we know on day 901

Radiation levels were normal, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said, although the blaze is visible from Ukrainian-held territory

Kursk governor orders officials to ‘speed up’ civilian exodus; Russian defence ministry claims Ukrainian advance halted. What we know on day 900

Vladimir Putin has been forced to call in reserve troops to tackle what Moscow is calling a ‘counterterrorism operation’

Fighting said to be continuing, with reports of power outages near nuclear power station, despite Moscow’s claim

As the war enters its 897th day, these are the main developments.

A swift Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region marks the largest such cross-border raid by Kyiv’s forces in the nearly 2½-year war, exposing Russia’s vulnerabilities and dealing a painful blow to the Kremlin

Zelenskyy says Russia will be ‘held accountable for this terror’ as Ukrainian troops push on with Kursk assault.

Russia on Friday raised the emergency level in the Kursk region to “federal” as Ukraine pressed on with a major cross-border incursion. Launched on Tuesday, Kyiv’s offensive is the most significant attack on enemy soil since the Ukraine war started in 2022 and could prove to be either very profitable…