Moscow has accused a British diplomat of 'spying'. Meanwhile, Russian forces are advancing in Ukraine at the fastest rate since the early months of the war, according to a respected US-based thinktank.
The Russian defence ministry is preparing a response after claiming that Ukraine had fired several US-made ATACMS at Russian territory in two separate attacks over the past few days. 'According to confirmed data, over the past three days, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have carried out two strikes with long-range Western weapons on targets in the Kursk region,' it said.
'Two reached their target,' it said, adding that a radar was damaged and people were hurt. Additionally, yesterday, Ukraine 'launched another strike with eight ATACMS... on the Kursk-Vostochny airfield', it claimed.Only one of those reached its target, but two people were injured and infrastructure was damaged. 'The Russian ministry of defence is monitoring the situation, and response actions are being prepared.
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