We’re pausing our stay protection of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the present day.
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Here is a round-up of in the present day, which began with the deaths of not less than eight folks in a significant Russian missile assault in central Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk area.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy referred to as for extra air defences and stated: “Russia have to be held accountable for its terror, and each missile, each Shahed [drone] have to be shot down.”
In a speech after a gathering of the Group of Seven (G7) main democracies on the Italian island of Capri, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated it’s “crucial” Ukraine will get extra sources instantly to assist it battle Russia.
“It wants extra air defences, it wants extra munitions, it wants extra artillery – allies and companions together with the G7 international locations are dedicated to delivering on that,” he added.
In the meantime, Ukraine claimed to have shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 bomber “for the primary time”. Russia’s defence ministry stated the crash appeared to have been brought on by a technical malfunction.
Two detained in Poland after hammer assault on Navalny aide
Two folks have been detained in Poland on suspicion of a hammer assault on Leonid Volkov, the exiled high aide of the late Russian opposition chief Alexei Navalny.
Mr Volkov had blamed Vladimir Putin for the assault and he thanked Lithuanian police for working “energetically and persistently” over the previous month on his case.
“I’m very glad that this work has been efficient”, he tweeted. “Properly, we’ll discover out the small print quickly. Cannot wait to search out out!”
And a Polish man was arrested over allegations of being prepared to assist Russia’s navy intelligence in an alleged plot to assassinate Volodymyr Zelenskyy.