Russia is developing a nuclear power unit that could fuel its planned lunar base with China, according to reports. Meanwhile, Moscow fired some 50 missiles and 20 drones at Ukrainian energy infrastructure overnight.
In the last few minutes, we've been hearing from Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. Here are the top lines from her briefing:French troops legitimate target in UkraineOver the past few months, we've seen a shift in French rhetoric towards Russia - including President Emmanuel Macron's suggestion that NATO soldiers could be deployed to Ukraine.Ms Zakharova said that Russia was already seeing growing numbers of French nationals among those killed in the Ukraine war.
Dismisses British arson allegationsMs Zakharova continued by saying that British allegations of Russian involvement in an arson attack in London are absurd and part of an information war against Moscow.She said Russia considered such allegations provocative and never carried out sabotage attacks against civilian targets.
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