The United States should take into account Moscow's warnings on risks of further escalation around the conflict in Ukraine, Russia's state-run news agency RIA Novosti cited Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Friday.

Ukrainian drones have struck a large military depot in a town deep inside Russia overnight, causing a huge blaze and prompting the evacuation of residents.

Ukrainian drones hit an ammunition depot inside Russia this week, the latest attack targeting military facilities deep within the country.

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Ukraine ’s drone attack succeeded in “ wip [ing] off the face of the Earth ” a major Russian weapons depot in the Tver region, Ukrainian intelligence sources said. Sources in Ukraine’s SBU security service told The Kyiv Independent that “an extremely powerful detonation began” at the Russian defence ministry’s warehouse in Toropets following a drone strike.

The European Parliament on Thursday adopted a resolution calling on EU countries to let Ukraine use Western weapons to strike military targets inside