Ukrainian troops topple Lenin statue in Russia

Russia erected around 7,000 statues of Lenin during the Soviet era, and around 6,000 are estimated to remain scattered across the country.

The only Lenin statues to remain standing in the country are reported to be in the Chernobyl exclusion zone.

Ramzan Kadyrov , the leader of Russia ’s Chechnya region, heaped praise on Tesla chief Elon Musk and said he would send the adapted vehicle to the Ukraine conflict zone.

Two Italian journalists angered Moscow with a TV report from Ukraine 's Kursk region will return to Italy , their employer said.

Russia has said Ukraine is planning to attack the Kursk nuclear power plant.

The Russian defence ministry said it would respond to any such action with “tough retaliatory measures’ Russia ’s FSB security forces have imposed a counter-terrorism operation in the region.

A Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy injured at least two people on Saturday morning .

Three Ukrainian men attacked a border guard while attempting to illegally cross into Romania , local media reports.

Two of the men were later detained by Ukrainian servicemen, while the third was caught by Romanian police.

Russia has accused Ukraine of bombing a road alongside the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southeastern Ukraine .