LATEST UPDATES IN RUSSIA – UKRAINE CONFLICT
Most recent updates on the Russia-Ukraine war 

War briefing on Ukraine: 

According to its governor, Aleksandr Bogomaz, a "armed group" attempted to cross the border between Ukraine and the Bryansk region of Russia on Sunday but was repulsed. Bogomaz stated on Sunday night that the situation was "stable and under control" by the Russian military, although he did not specify if Ukrainian soldiers had carried out the reported attack. Bryansk's neighbor is Kursk province, which Ukraine took over almost 1,000 square kilometers.

Two shady organizations, the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion, have claimed responsibility for earlier incursions into the Belgorod and Bryansk regions of Russia. 

 On Sunday, President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia's defense ministry was preparing several responses in case the United States and its NATO allies assisted Ukraine in launching long-range Western missile strikes deep into Russia. 

For weeks, Russia has been warning the US and its allies that allowing Ukraine to launch a strike deep into Russian territory with missiles supplied by the West would be viewed by Moscow as a significant escalation. Although it was too soon to predict exactly how Russia would respond to such a move, Putin stated that Moscow would need to adjust its response and that several possibilities were being considered. Putin informed Pavel Zarubin, the senior Kremlin correspondent for Russian state TV, that the Russian defense ministry is considering several options for how to react to potential long-range strikes on Russian territory.

 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on Sunday that the "Ukraine plus Northern Europe" model is accelerating collaboration and that additional measures to put more pressure on Russia are anticipated in the upcoming week. Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland—the five Nordic nations that are currently members of NATO—have all been strong allies of Ukraine in its struggle against Russia's invasion. In his daily video message on Sunday, Zelenskyy stated, "They realize that they must cause trouble for the aggressor in order to prevent Russia from ruining the world." 

Governor Alexander Gusev of the area said the attack caused a fire at an unidentified industrial complex and left one person hurt.In an attempt to elucidate remarks he made at a summit earlier this week, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday insisted that he was not favoring Russia over Ukraine.

According to a statement from his office, President Ramaphosa did not portray any one nation or group of nations as the enemy when he referred to President Putin and the Russian people as "valuable friends and allies." According to the statement, "South Africa has been able to engage with both Russia and Ukraine in a constructive manner through the policy of non-alignment." 

According to the regional governor, two civilians were killed in Russian attacks on Sunday in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine, which is divided by the frontline and frequently targets Russian artillery, drones, and missiles. Governor Oleksandr Prokudin posted on the Telegram messenger that an older man was killed by artillery fire and another man was slain by explosives dropped on him by a drone. 

On Sunday, Russia announced that its forces had made more progress in east Ukraine, seizing a frontline village a few kilometers north of a significant industrial center controlled by Ukraine. For months, Moscow has steadily advanced on the battlefield, gaining ground on Ukrainian forces that are outnumbered and overworked. Using the village's Russian spelling, the Russian defense ministry stated in a daily briefing that Russian armed soldiers "liberated the settlement of Izmailovka." Prior to the conflict, Izmailivka had a population of little under 200.