Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Nato military exercises near the Russian borders are “provocative in nature”. The warning came as the US Senate approved wartime aid for Ukraine.

The Russian military has deployed tactical nuclear weapons on the border with Finland, which joined NATO in April of the previous year and abandoned its neutral status. "In the bordering region of Karelia,

"Russia escalates border tensions by deploying nuclear-capable missiles directly across from NATO's newest member, Finland.

U.S. officials say Ukraine for the first time has begun using long-range ballistic missiles, striking a Russian military airfield in Crimea and Russian troops in another occupied area overnight

Kremlin’s push for territory before western aid arrives; Ukraine pulls consular services from potential conscripts living abroad. What we know on day 791