Ukraine's incursion into Kursk thwarted Russia's own cross-border attack plans from the region, Ukrainian army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi told CNN.

Some Russian military bloggers have speculated that Ukrainian forces are planning to take control of the nuclear power plant.

Capacity was reduced at one unit of the South Ukraine nuclear power plant after Russian attacks damaged the country's electricity transmission system, nuclear firm Energoatom said on Wednesday. "No accidents occurred at the South Ukraine nuclear power plant,

The United States on Thursday sanctioned entities and vessels accused of shipping liquefied natural gas from Russia's blacklisted LNG project.

The United States has imposed sanctions on hundreds of entities and individuals for supporting Russia's war effort in Ukraine, including companies supporting the development of Russia's Arctic LNG 2 project and its shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG),

Arctic LNG 2 was envisaged as Russia's largest LNG plant and a flagship project that was supposed to help the country become the world's leading LNG producer.