Vladimir Putin's right-hand man Sergey Lavrov appears to have warned Russia's nuclear weapons are in "full combat readiness". The Russian Foreign Minister said Russia possesses weapons that will have "serious" implications for Ukraine 's "handlers", in an apparent reference to the war-torn country's Western allies.

Ukraine's foreign minister said on Saturday that Russia is planning strikes on Ukrainian nuclear facilities before the winter, and urged the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog and Ukraine's allies to establish permanent monitoring missions at the country's nuclear plants.

Ukrainian Defense Forces targeted and destroyed Russian arsenals in the Tver and Krasnodar regions of the Russian Federation early Saturday morning.

In a shocking escalation, Russian forces launched a devastating missile attack targeting Ukraine’s secret intelligence communications centre. Massive explosions rocked Kyiv and surrounding regions, including Kharkiv and Sumy,