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Moscow has warned of the risk of escalation if Kyiv is provided with the US-built long-range missiles.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said his country would only use long-range Tomahawk missiles against Russian military targets, as the Kremlin expressed alarm over Washington’s potential plan to offer the weapons to Kyiv.Zelenskyy’s comment was aired by Fox News in the United States on Sunday, the same day he spoke to US President Donald Trump.Recommended Stories Zelenskyy urges Trump to broker end to Ukraine war after Gaza deal agreedRussia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,326UK, US, NATO flew 12-hour patrol on Russian border...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his Thursday news conference that he has “reservations” about a 30-day ceasefire proposal in the Ukraine war, saying it’s not clear how the situation would develop in the region of Kursk and elsewhere if a ceasefire was implemented. Putin lauded the US idea as “great and correct” and said Russia supports it in theory, but there are many things that still need to be discussed before a deal is agreed to. Putin went on to raise many questions about a potential ceasefire, including how it would be verified. He also said the ceasefire must...

Russian forces advanced further into Kursk in a major operation to encircle Ukrainian soldiers, pro-Kremlin war bloggers said. Ukraine has occupied the Russian region since a surprise offensive last August and hoped to use it as a bargaining chip in any negotiations. Last week, Vladimir Putin’s forces launched a counter-offensive in Sudzha, seven miles inside Russia, while simultaneously crossing the border into Ukraine’s Sumy region. It was a pincer movement aimed at surrounding thousands of Ukrainian troops. On Monday, Russian troops were reported to have cleared the village of Ivashkovsky as they advanced from seven directions. Ukraine had been hoping...

(Reuters) - Ukrainian troops appeared on the point of losing their hard-won foothold inside Russia's Kursk region on Wednesday as Moscow claimed further advances there and military bloggers on both sides said Kyiv's forces were withdrawing.Ukraine sprang one of the biggest shocks of the war on August 6 last year by storming across the border and grabbing a chunk of land inside Russia, boosting citizens' morale and gaining a potential bargaining chip. But after clinging for more than seven months to a gradually shrinking area, Ukraine has seen its position worsen sharply in the past week.Russia's defence ministry on Wednesday...