Russian state media footage shows the M113 armored personnel carrier driving into combat in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Russia said on Wednesday attempts to resolve security issues relating to Ukraine without Moscow's participation were a "road to nowhere", sounding a warning to the West as it scrambles to work out guarantees for Kyiv's future protection.

Special U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff says Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed to allow the U.S. and Europe to offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO's collective defense mandate.

Polish police found metal and plastic fragments from an unidentified object in a field after they were dispatched to reports of an explosion.

The images show what seem to be launch rails, runways, hardened shelters, and Shahed-style drones at three bases in Russia.