World overnight: Missile impacts in Kursk, Kyiv strike, Belgrade protests

It happened while you were sleeping. Here is what the world's news agencies reported from Saturday night to Sunday.

• At least 13 people were injured, including two seriously, in the city of Kursk in western Russia from the remnants of a destroyed missile launched by Ukrainian forces - Reuters reported on Sunday, citing Alexei Smirnov, the acting governor of the Kursk region. Since Tuesday, there has been an offensive by Ukrainian forces in this region. Russia is engaged in intense fighting with thousands of Ukrainian soldiers who have penetrated 20 kilometres into the Kursk region - wrote Reuters.

• Russia carried out an air strike on Kyiv, and the air defence systems were engaged in repelling the strike - reported the mayor of the Ukrainian capital Vitali Klitschko on Saturday night to Sunday.

• Thousands of people took to the streets of Belgrade on Saturday to protest against the plan to open a lithium mine in Serbia. - This is an ecological protest, but also a political one, prompted by a complete lack of trust in our authorities - Milosz, a participant in the demonstration, told PAP. Saturday's protest in Belgrade was preceded by a series of demonstrations organized for over two weeks in many cities of Serbia. It was triggered by the government's decision to reinstate the Jadar project, under which the international corporation Rio Tinto will begin exploiting Serbia's lithium deposits. The project was halted at the beginning of 2022 following mass public protests.

• Former Catalonian Prime Minister Carles Puigdemont, who returned briefly to Barcelona on Thursday after 7 years in exile, and then left the city, was assisted by a group of regional police officers from the Mossos d'Esquadra - according to a report published by the authorities of this security formation on Saturday.

• The USA basketball team won their fifth consecutive Olympic championship. In the final in Paris, they defeated France 98-87 (20-15, 29-26, 23-25, 26-21). The "Tricolors" won silver for the second time in a row. Serbia won the bronze after a victory over the world champions Germany, 93-83.