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Moscow (AFP) - Russia said Tuesday it had deployed jets and artillery to destroy an armed group that penetrated its border from Ukraine, while the Kremlin demanded the military prevent any repeat attack.

Yevgeny Prigozhin on Saturday delivered Vladimir Putin one of the few battlefield victories of the president's 15-month war in Ukraine.

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…

Moscow said on Tuesday it had routed and killed scores of "Ukrainian nationalists" who crossed into Russia from Ukraine after two days of combat, in what appeared to be one of the biggest incursions of its kind of the 15-month-old war.

‘Do not return to your homes,’ Belgorod governor warns residents

White House spokesperson says US authorities working hard to secure journalist’s release after his detention on spying charges in March

The Liberty of Russia Legion and Russian Volunteer Corps said to be involved in cross-border attacks in Belgorod.

Kyiv officials deny any link with the group and blame fighting on revolt by disgruntled Russians against the Kremlin

Attack comes as Kyiv and Moscow trade claims over fate of eastern Ukranian city of Bakhmut