The Latest Breaking News from Kursk

The war in Ukraine is at a critical juncture. Kyiv has been given permission to use western-supplied Atacms and Storm Shadow missiles against targets inside Russia. It did so as soon as that permission was granted, with strikes against Russian military facilities in the Bryansk and Kursk regions.

The father of the man identifying himself as a 22-year-old former British signalman says his son joined the army at 17 and later served with the police before going to fight for Ukraine

These were the key developments on the 1,003rd day of the Russia-Ukraine war.

Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin says about 10,000 of the soldiers believed to be based in Kursk border region and being ‘integrated into Russian formations’. What we know on day 1,004

North Korean general injured as British Storm Shadow missiles hit Kursk in Russia

UK is believed to have allowed weapons to be used by Ukrainian forces within the Kursk region of Russia

A day after Kyiv fires the Anglo-French missiles into Russia, Moscow hits Ukraine with an ICBM, reports say.

Russia’s foreign intelligence chief says attempts by NATO countries to help Ukraine will not go unpunished.

Wreckage from one of the long-range weapons has been found in Russia’s Kursk region, which borders Ukraine, several media outlets have said.