Moscow expelled six British diplomats Friday for suspected espionage and "threatening Russia's security", according to Russian media reports.

Russia's FSB security service said on Friday it had revoked the accreditation of six British diplomats in Moscow after accusing them of spying and sabotage work, signalling the Kremlin's anger at what it sees as London's vital role in helping Ukraine.

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) announced the expulsion of six British diplomats from Moscow, accusing them of espionage and subversive activities. The FSB claims to have documents suggesting that the British Foreign Office department responsible for Eastern Europe and Central Asia was involved in efforts to ensure Russia's strategic defeat in the ongoing war against Ukraine.

The U.S. State Department announced new sanctions on Russian state media Friday, accusing a Kremlin news outlet of working hand-in-hand with the Russian military and running fundraising campaigns to pay for sniper rifles,

Ukrainian forces launched new attacks into Russia’s Kursk region, just a few kilometers from the salient — territory captured by Ukrainian forces since the start of the incursion — and Russia's counteroffensive.

The United States signaled Thursday that it may allow Ukraine to fire missiles more deeply into Russia to destroy weapons that Moscow has deployed to launch airstrikes throughout Ukraine. “We'll adapt as necessary,