A drone attack by Ukraine has “wiped off the face of the Earth” a major Russian weapons depot in the Tver region, Ukrainian intelligence sources said.Sources in the country’s SBU security service told The Kyiv Independent that “an extremely powerful detonation began” at the Russian defence ministry’s warehouse in Toropets following a drone strike.

Ukrainian troops have made advances in the Kursk region, according to reports following accounts that Moscow was starting to succeed in counterattacking Kyiv's push into Russian territory, as maps show the latest state of play.