Russia has claimed that its forces captured a battered but strategic town in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, a day after Kyiv launched a counterattack in the Russian region of Kursk.

Ukraine has launched a new offensive in Russia's Kursk region. Reporting from the ground is patchy and often contradictory, but one Russian village has emerged as a key focus of the fighting.

Ukraine's air force says one of its F-16 fighter jet pilots completed a "world first" last month by shooting down six Russian missiles during a single deployment. The pilot shot down the cruise ...