Russia-Ukraine war live: Kyiv’s allies must respond to strikes ‘in language that Putin understands’, says Polish foreign minister

Radosaw Sikorski says allies must deliver long-range missiles to Ukraine following barrage of strikes by Russia

The Russian military has said it shot down 12 Ukrainian missiles over the southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine, as Kyiv's forces seek to embarrass President Vladimir Putin and puncture his argument that life in Russia is going on as normal despite the 22-month war.

The Belgorod governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said the situation in the regional capital, also called Belgorod, remained tense. The city came under two rounds of shelling on Wednesday morning, Gladkov wrote on Telegram.