Ukraine war live updates: Missile alert in Russian region after fuel warehouse hit; Putin spy chief slams European leadership

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A missile alert is in operation in the Russian border region of Kursk, the local governor said, after a fuel and lubricants warehouse was on fire following an alleged attack by a Ukrainian drone.

Local governor Roman Starovoit said on messaging site Telegram that a fire had broken out at a fuel and lubricants warehouse "as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian drone in the Zheleznogorsky district" in Kursk, a region that borders Ukraine. Kyiv has not commented on the incident.

In other news, Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign intelligence chief questioned the "common sense" of Europe's leaders and said French President Emmanuel Macron's refusal to rule out sending European troops to fight Russian soldiers in Ukraine was extremely dangerous and irresponsible.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign intelligence chief has said French President Emmanuel Macron's refusal to rule out sending European troops to fight Russian soldiers in Ukraine was extremely dangerous and irresponsible.

Macron said last month that there was no consensus on sending European troops to fight in Ukraine but that nothing should be excluded, though the United States and other European members of the alliance have said there were no plans to do so.

Asked about Macron's remarks, Sergei Naryshkin, the head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), the main successor to the KGB's First Directorate foreign spying section, said they were deeply irresponsible.

"This shows the high degree of political irresponsibility of Europe's leaders today, in this case, the president of France," Naryshkin told state television in remarks on