We’ve just heard from Estonian foreign minister Margus Tsahkna, who says Estonia will close all its border crossing points with Russia from 1 December.

It follows a suspected sabotage attack on an Estonian defence company that Tallinn blamed on Moscow.

Estonian authorities detained eight people overnight on suspicion of an attempted arson attack on drone maker Threod Systems that they said had been ordered by Russia’s GRU military intelligence service.

There was no immediate comment from Moscow on Estonia’s accusations or its decision to shut the border crossings. Moscow has regularly denied accusations by European authorities of involvement in sabotage operations.

“Russia must understand that hostile actions against Estonia come with consequences,” Mr Tsahkna said in a post on X.

He did not specify how long the border closure would last or if an end date had been set.

Russia has demanded that Europe agree to its vision of security before peace talks over Ukraine, but it is a colonial con trick, explains world affairs editor Sam Kiley

Russia has fitted its Iskander ballistic missiles with optical and radar guidance systems to improve their accuracy against bridges, according to Ukrainian officials.

Presidential adviser Serhii Beskrestnov said the systems allow missiles to correct their course during the final seconds of flight. “As the warhead descends over several seconds, a radar scan of the terrain takes place, and a correction is fed into the missile’s guidance system,” he said, according to Ukrainska Pravda.

The North Bridge in Kyiv was hit by four missiles during an attack overnight on 6-7 November, according to Ukrainian reports.

Poland will not make further contributions to a Nato-coordinated scheme funding US weapons for Ukraine, with prime minister Donald Tusk citing the country’s own defence spending and a high budget deficit.

Tusk said he had informed Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte that Warsaw would not allocate additional money to the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) programme for the time being. The scheme allows European allies and Canada to pool funds to buy American weapons and ammunition for Kyiv.

“We have helped and continue to help Ukraine in a very substantial way,” Tusk said, adding that Poland had to prioritise its own security needs, which he described as among the highest in Europe.

Warsaw has contributed $100m to PURL so far.

YouTube has blocked 16 Russian channels in Ukraine, including accounts belonging to pro-war bloggers, performers, and several foreign-language versions of the children’s cartoon Masha and the Bear.

The restrictions, announced by Ukraine’s Centre for Countering Disinformation on Friday, affect Russian war correspondent Alexander Sladkov and blogger Sergei Kolyasnikov, known as Zergulio, as well as singers Nadezhda Babkina, Yulia Savicheva and Victoria Daineko, and the band Uma2rman, according to The Kyiv Independent.

The latest blocks extend restrictions imposed in August on channels associated with Masha and the Bear, whose producers were accused by Kyiv of promoting pro-Russian narratives.

The measures apply only in Ukraine, not worldwide.

America’s approach to peace in Ukraine is beset with double standards and hypocrisy, writes Keir Giles. Hesitation and weakness will be seized upon by Russia – making the situation worse, not better

A large fire broke out at an industrial facility in Nizhnekamsk, in Russia’s Tatarstan region, overnight on Saturday, amid reports of a Ukrainian drone attack on the city’s industrial zone.

Residents reported seeing drones and an attack on one of the facilities, while footage shared by Osint showed a large blaze with several fires burning across the industrial area. The Telegram channel Exilenova+ identified the SIBUR-owned Nizhnekamskneftekhim petrochemical complex as a likely target.

The plant, around 1,200km from Ukraine, produces synthetic rubber, plastics and other petrochemical products.

Russia has claimed that its forces struck a cargo vessel and port infrastructure in Chornomorsk, in Ukraine’s Odesa region, on Saturday.

The Russian defence ministry said the vessel was being used to transport supplies for the Ukrainian military and that facilities used to unload military cargo had also been hit, according to state news agency RIA Novosti.

US negotiators have asked whether Ukraine would withdraw from the eastern Donbas region in exchange for joining Nato, president Zelensky has said.

“The Americans raised a question: ‘What if Ukraine joins Nato? Would Ukraine withdraw from Donbas?’ This was the first time this had been raised,” Zelensky told reporters on Saturday.

He insisted Kyiv was not prepared to surrender its territory, but said he would put the question to a national referendum if Ukraine received a comprehensive security package, including firm guarantees, a strong and properly funded military, and money for reconstruction.

Zelensky said the proposal meant Nato membership was “back on the agenda”, but acknowledged that reaching an agreement would be difficult given Vladimir Putin’s opposition to Ukraine joining the alliance.