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The UK has sanctioned a string of Russian spies and hackers, accusing them of carrying out a campaign to “destabilise Europe”.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said: “GRU spies are running a campaign to destabilise Europe, undermine Ukraine’s sovereignty and threaten the safety of British citizens.

“The Kremlin should be in no doubt: we see what they are trying to do in the shadows and we won’t tolerate it. That’s why we’re taking decisive action with sanctions against Russian spies.”

Russian forces have taken control of the village of Bila Hora in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region.

The state-run RIA news agency reported on Sunday citing the Russian defence ministry.

Reuters could not independently verify the battlefield report.

Russia’s defence ministry has said it had downed 142 drones overnight, including 27 over the Moscow region.

According to Russia’s aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia, four major airports serving Moscow – Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovskiy – were affected, resulting in 134 flights being redirected.

By 10am Moscow time, only two airports remained closed to air traffic – Vnukovo in the Moscow region and Grabtsevo in the Kaluga region.

Vladimir Putin is ready to move toward a peace settlement for Ukraine, a Kremlin spokesperson said on Sunday.

Dmitry Peskov told state television Putin’s position in a clip published on Sunday, a day after Volodymyr Zelensky sent Moscow an offer to hold another round of peace talks next week.

But Peskov added that Moscow’s main objective is to achieve its goals.

He said that the world was now accustomed to US President Donald Trump’s sometimes “harsh” rhetoric but pointed out that Trump had also underscored in comments on Russia that he would continue to search for a peace deal.

“President Putin has repeatedly spoken of his desire to bring the Ukrainian settlement to a peaceful conclusion as soon as possible. This is a long process, it requires effort, and it is not easy,” Peskov said told state television reporter Pavel Zarubin.

“The main thing for us is to achieve our goals. Our goals are clear,” Peskov said

Russia’s defence ministry has said it had downed 142 drones overnight, including 27 over the Moscow region.

The drones were reportedly shot down over a number regions in the European part of Russia, as well as over the Black Sea.

The latest attacks included four drones headed toward the Russian capital, which were downed on Sunday morning, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has issued a warning for Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula after two quakes struck in the sea nearby on Sunday.

The larger quake with a magnitude of 7.4 was at a depth of 12 miles and was 89 miles east of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, which has a population of 180,000.

A few minutes earlier, a quake with a magnitude of 6.7 was recorded nearby.