The Latest Breaking News from Kursk

Foreign secretary offers support for James Scott Rhys Anderson, who was fighting for Ukraine reportedly in 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

Casualties include 14 people who have been sent to hospital

Russia's state news agency says a British national has been captured while fighting alongside Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region of Russia, which is partially occupied by Ukrainian forces

Man identifies himself in unverified video as James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, and says he joined the International Legion

James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, is said to be a former British Army soldier who was captured in the Kursk region.

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