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Putin’s endorsement of the new nuclear deterrent policy comes on the 1,000th day after he sent troops into Ukraine, on Feb. 24, 2022.

Ukrainian drones struck a munitions factory in central Russia in an overnight attack, a source in Ukraine's SBU Security Service told Reuters on Saturday

Russia is open to hearing President-elect Donald Trump’s proposals on ending the war, an official said, as a Russian drone killed one person and wounded 13.

The precautionary step came after Russian officials promised a response to President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets on Russian soil with U.S.-made missiles.

Ukraine plans to conduct its first long-range attacks in the coming days, sources said, without revealing details due to operational security concerns.

In an unusual move, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday no such call had taken place between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

Air defenses could be heard engaging drones over Kyiv in the night, and a series of powerful blasts rang out across the city as the missile attack was under way in the morning.

The Russian strike on Ukraine on Thursday came in response to Ukrainian strikes on the Russian territory with U.S. and British missiles earlier this week, Putin said.

The alleged developments marked a worrying new escalation in the conflict that has repeatedly ratcheted up international tensions.

After 1,000 days of death and destruction with no end in sight, consensus is growing that the war will end through peace talks, but what that looks like remains to be seen.

Washington is easing limits on what Ukraine can strike with U.S.-made weaponry, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Sunday.

The foreign ministries of Finland and Germany said that the damage raised suspicion of sabotage.

Georgia's ruling party is leading the official results of Saturday's election which could decide whether the country pivots to embrace the West or falls back into Russia's orbit.

The explosions in courier depots in Britain, Germany and Poland in July had the potential to mark a serious escalation by causing an explosion on an aircraft.

Britain's foreign ministry said the agencies had attempted to deliver a series of "interference operations" designed to weaken international support for Ukraine. 

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said as many as 8,000 North Korean troops are believed to be in Russia's Kursk region preparing to fight against Ukrainian forces.

North Korea has 1.2 million troops, one of the largest standing armies in the world, but it hasn’t fought in large-scale conflicts since the 1950-53 Korean War.

A massive drone strike rattled Moscow and its suburbs overnight into Sunday, injuring several people and temporarily halting traffic at some of Russia's busiest airports.

U.S. agencies have warned that Russia and others intend to fan divisive narratives ahead of the election, an accusation Russia has denied.

The official told a briefing for reporters that foreign actors could consider physical threats and violence in the pre-election period, and after the election.