Russia targeted a truck near the NATO and Polish border

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Russian forces struck a truck near Ukraine's border with Poland, Reuters reported, citing Polish and Ukrainian officials. The incident occurred at a time when Russia is intensifying strikes in areas close to the borders of NATO member states.

According to the Polish Border Guard's information provided to Reuters, the attack took place approximately 800 meters from Polish territory, near the Dorohusk–Yahodyn border crossing. Following the strike, operations at the border crossing were briefly suspended and then resumed.

The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the strike was carried out against infrastructure in Ukraine used for transporting military cargo coming from Europe. Under wartime conditions, Ukraine relies heavily on supplies coming through borders with Poland, Romania, and Moldova for trade and weapons deliveries.

In recent weeks, Russia has begun targeting border crossings connecting Ukraine with its Western allies. This indicates that Moscow and Kyiv are intensifying strikes on each other's economic infrastructure as the war enters its fourth year.

While Russian President Vladimir Putin was in India attending the BRICS summit, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov announced that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping offered to help mediate a peace agreement on Ukraine.

At a summit in Kyrgyzstan last month, Modi told Putin that the war must end. Calls to end the war in Ukraine from leaders of countries that traditionally have close relations with Russia have increased recently.

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev also openly told Putin last month that fighting in the conflict should be stopped along the current front line.

However, Russia has been rejecting such proposals. Moscow insists that Ukraine must withdraw its troops to hand over the industrialized eastern part of Donbas to Russian control. Kyiv, meanwhile, has stated that it will never accept this demand.

BRICS founders Brazil and China have also called for the resumption of peace talks.

According to Peskov, Putin discussed the situation on the front line in Ukraine with Modi. He also did not rule out the possibility of resuming trilateral talks involving Russia, Ukraine, and the US in October.

In the Russian-controlled southeastern Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, Alexey Likhachev, the head of Russia's state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, accused Ukrainian forces of striking fuel trucks near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

The Zaporizhzhia NPP, Europe's largest nuclear power plant, has been controlled by Russia since March 2022. The plant is still located in an area close to the front line.