The attacks came hours after Russia claimed to have regained control over the remaining parts of the Kursk region, which Ukrainian forces seized in a surprise incursion last August
The announcement comes days before Donald Trump is sworn in as US President with scepticism of America's military burden in Europe and what he says is a plan to end the continent's biggest conflict since World War II
Volodomyr Zelenskyy met Tuesday with leaders of Balkan nations and the head of the European Commission on the sidelines of a meeting between European and Balkan leaders
