The Kremlin accused US President Joe Biden on Monday of escalating the war in Ukraine by allowing Kyiv to use long-range missiles supplied by Washington to strike targets inside Russia.

Russia's defence ministry on Monday claimed the capture of a new village in the eastern Donetsk region as its troops advanced towards the key logistics hub of Pokrovsk.

For instance, in Donetsk’s Kirovsky District, a Ukrainian terrorist plot to blow up a civilian fuel depot was foiled ...