The incursion has shocked Russia,nearly two-and-a-half years since President Vladimir Putin sent his army into Ukraine in February 2022.
Russian military bloggers depicted the situation in Kursk region as more serious than the official accounts,with some suggesting that Ukraine had opened a new front.
The UK,US and the EU are among those sanctioning Chinese companies accused of helping Russia wreak havoc in Ukraine. The Albanese government is an outlier.
After a hospital bombing,the Ukrainian leader put out an urgent call for help before Donald Trump’s possible re-election in the US in November.
NATO leaders issued the alliance’s strongest-ever language calling out China’s military support for Russia’s war in Ukraine.
As rescue workers finished sifting through the rubble,doctors and nurses raced to help the scores of critically ill children who now must find care elsewhere.
Russia’s problems represent a significant change in the dynamic of the war,which had favoured Moscow in recent months.
The Russian missile attack on a Kyiv paediatric hospital has brought worldwide condemnation yet Russia blamed Ukraine air defences.
Missile strikes were launched on several Ukrainian cities - including the capital Kyiv - killing and wounding dozens and damaging a children’s cancer hospital.
France faces chaos as President Emmanuel Macron’s gamble to stop the hard right forces him to consider sharing government with the far left.
The government has acquired Switchblade 300 drones,to be deployed from late 2024,for an undisclosed amount.