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Security experts say incursions seek to pull Russian troops away from key battles to help Ukraine counteroffensive.

A Russian official in the southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine said Wednesday that the territory was targeted by numerous drones overnight, following an armed incursion into the territory from Ukraine. The news comes after the state TASS news agency cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying that Russia would achieve…

Russia alleges that dozens of Ukrainian militants crossed into one of its border towns in its Belgorod region, striking targets and forcing an evacuation, before over 70 of the attackers were killed or pushed back by a counterterrorism operation

Ukraine has denied any involvement in a daring cross-border assault that threatens to further escalate the war.

So-called Russian partisan groups have taken responsibility for the attacks around Belgorod, while the government blames Ukrainian "saboteurs".

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

A senior aide to Ukrainian President Zelensky says Kyiv has nothing to do with the incursion – putting it down to Russia’s ‘violent resistance movement’

The Kremlin on Thursday confirmed that Russia had renewed the Black Sea grain deal for two months after achieving some results in talks which had given it "certain hopes", but said more progress had to be made to advance its own interests.