Ukrainian long-range drones attacked an industrial plant around 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) inside Russia, local officials said Tuesday, while Ukraine’s army remained locked in an intense battle to hold back a Russian push on the key city of Pokrovsk in the eastern Donetsk region.

The jet engines are just the most recent upgrade to Russia’s KAB arsenal. In 2023, the Russian armed forces started fitting wings and guidance kit on these “dumb bombs” weighing between 250kg and 3 tonnes. That allowed them to glide for dozens of kilometres before exploding and leaving craters up to 20 metres wide and 6 metres deep.

China and Russia pledged a joint response to unilateral sanctions during a visit by Russia's Prime Minister, as Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed Beijing's commitment to advancing ties with Moscow despite "turbulent" external conditions.

A unit from Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SOF), in cooperation with the partisan movement Chornaya Iskra (Black Spar), struck a transport and loading vehicle used for the Iskander tactical missile system on the night of 3-4 October.

Nearly two dozen earthquakes have struck off the coast of Russia, near the Kamchatka Peninsula, in the last 24 hours, according to the U.S. Geological Survey ( USGS ). The temblors were measured from 4.3 to 6.1 magnitude, the latter considered a strong earthquake that could inflict damage on populated areas.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called the incursions "hybrid warfare", and while she has not said Russia was responsible for all the incidents, she said it was clear Russia's aim was to "sow division" in Europe.

Days after canceling a planned summit with Putin, citing a lack of progress toward ending the war in Ukraine, Trump took a major step by effectively blacklisting Rosneft and Lukoil.

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Putin said the small-scale nuclear technologies used in both the Burevestnik and the Poseidon were particularly useful for work in the Arctic and for space travel and, eventually, for building a station on the moon.

As many as 1,500 “ideological immigrants,” including 127 Americans, have applied for temporary residence in Russia in the last year.

Volodymyr Zelensky said he met Ukrainian soldiers near the town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk, where one of the fiercest front-line battles between Russia and Ukraine is underway.