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Russia and Belarus held their first Zapad joint strategic exercise since the invasion of Ukraine, which Putin said involved 100,000 troops at 41 ranges and included practice with nuclear weapons and the Oreshnik missile, as Poland shut its border with Belarus.

Russia said it flew its nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile for about 15 hours and 14,000 km; Putin later said a NATO reconnaissance ship watched the 21 October test and honoured its designers at the Kremlin.

The Kremlin said Russian forces had captured Pokrovsk, a logistics hub in Donetsk region under siege for almost two years, and Vovchansk in Kharkiv; a NATO official said Russia held over 95% of Pokrovsk while Ukrainian pockets fought on.