Putin accuses West of role in 'terror attacks'

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused Western security services of having helped Kyiv stage "terror attacks" in Russia, after giving an icy welcome to the new US and EU ambassadors, amid heavy fighting in Bakhmut.

His Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, meanwhile, made a rare foreign visit to Warsaw.

In Moscow, Putin told a meeting of the Kremlin's Security Council: "There are reasons to believe that the capabilities of third countries, Western special services, have been involved in preparation of acts of sabotage and terror attacks."