Russia "attacked the south of the country again", the Defence Forces of the South of Ukraine said on the messaging platform Telegram.

US supplies of long-range ATACMS missiles and Abrams tanks to Ukraine will not change the situation on the battlefield, the Kremlin warned on Tuesday, hours after the latest wave of Russian drones

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that U.S. supplies of long-range ATACMS missiles and Abrams tanks to Ukraine would not change the situation on the battlefield. Asked about the issue at a regular news briefing,

Russian warships were still launching attacks on Ukraine following the claim from Kyiv that the commander of Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet was killed Friday, as President Volodymyr Zelensky praised the arrival of US Abrams tanks to the country.

Monday's air strikes were part of a campaign that has made it harder for major grain producer Ukraine to export its products since Moscow quit a deal in mid-July.

The first batch of US Abrams tanks have arrived in Ukraine in a move that Kyiv hopes will precipitate a counteroffensive “breakthrough”. It was unclear exactly how many units were delivered, but US defence officials said they were the first of the 31 tanks that Washington had pledged.