The UK is providing additional military support to eastern Nato member states and will support Ukrainians in their defence of their homeland, he added. On Wednesday, the UK announced a package of sanctions against Russia as part of a co-ordinated Western response to the crisis. Mr Putin also urged Ukrainian soldiers in the combat zone in the east of the country to lay down their weapons and return to their homes, warning that Moscow's response would be "instant" if anyone tried to take on Russia. At least seven people are known to have been killed by Russian shelling, including civilians.
- Missile fragments and other ‘evidence’ can easily be introduced to show to journalists.
- Ukraine uses German-made Gepard anti-aircraft guns to tackle incoming drones, while Soviet-era Buk systems are used against cruise missiles and US-made Patriots against hypersonic Kinzhal missiles.
- If Ukraine was part of Nato, the military alliance which is made up of 30 member states, including the US and UK, every Nato nation would have to launch an armed attack against Russia.
- He said new UK sanctions against Russia would be announced "in waves" and warned it would be "the largest and most severe economic sanctions" package Russia had ever seen.
- He said he was launching a “special military operation” in the east of the country.
Conservative backbencher Alicia Kearns tweeted on Thursday that the Government should consider cyber attacks on Russia if Mr Putin does not withdraw troops. The prime minister did confirm that 1,000 more troops would be put on alert in the UK if Russia were to invade although Downing Street is likely to follow the lead set by Nato. Russia has gradually built up a force of close to 190,000 troops around the Ukrainian border over the last few weeks but maintained that it had no intention to invade – until last night.
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A Ukrainian presidential adviser said that more than 40 soldiers had died and dozens more were wounded, but this has not been independently confirmed. Martial law - which means the military takes control temporarily - has been imposed across the whole of Ukraine and traffic jams built up as people fled the capital city of Kyiv. Ukraine has imposed martial law across the country, meaning the military has taken control temporarily, and traffic jams have built up as people attempt to flee Kyiv. The UK's Ministry of Defence said Russian forces based in Belarus were advancing towards Ukraine's capital Kyiv. Russian military vehicles are reported to have breached Ukraine's border in a number of places, in the north, south and east, including from Belarus. https://euronewstop.co.uk/why-is-the-uk-interested-in-ukraine.html said the UK and allies will launch a "massive package" of sanctions to "hobble" Russia's economy.
- Thousands of opponents of the conflict have been censored, jailed or exiled.
- In his speech, the defence secretary laid out some of the ways Russia had been attacking Ukraine - including allegations it had used white phosphorous.
- Nato’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, has said Hungary clearly supports Sweden’s application to join the alliance.
- Some migrants might stay in neighbouring Poland and eastern European countries, but some might head further west and eventually end up in the UK.
Those remaining have again been urged to leave Ukraine immediately - if they judge it is safe to do so. A source told BBC political correspondent Nick Eardley the meeting was "tempestuous" and ended early after Ms Truss said the ambassador should be "ashamed" of Russia's behaviour in Ukraine, adding that the Kremlin had lied repeatedly. "Because this act of wanton and reckless aggression is an attack not just on Ukraine, it's an attack on democracy and freedom in eastern Europe and around the world." In a pre-recorded TV statement, Mr Johnson stressed that Ukraine was "not some faraway country of which we know little". The UK "cannot and will not just look away" at Russia's "hideous and barbaric" attack on Ukraine, Boris Johnson has said.
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Transcarpathia [Zakarpattia], everything that was and is part of the Romanian nation must return to its state borders,” he said. Nato must expect Russian missile strikes on European cities, a senior general has said. Ukraine has changed its strategy towards “active defence” in recent weeks after its much-vaunted summer counter-offensive failed to achieve major gains. In its latest defence intelligence briefing, the MoD said Russia has lost 2,600 tanks and 4,900 armoured vehicles in Ukraine so far. Prominent Russian Telegram channels Baza and 112 said a drone attacked the Slavenft-Yanos oil refinery in Yaroslavl at 7am local time (4am GMT). It also called for the arrest of journalist Dmitry Nizovtsev and Anna Biryukova, the ACF’s head of public opinion research.
After all, we do know the plane came down - and Ukraine has the capacity for that. Everyone we called for information told us, "not yet", or "we're checking information" or "just wait". They quoted the Defence Ministry in Moscow claiming that dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war had been on board the flight, on their way to a prisoner exchange. There are shooting wars and there are information wars and countries that are fighting do battle on both fronts. President Biden's virtual meeting with President Putin earlier this week was a start and will be followed up by more talks with other Nato members. He said the security situation in Europe was without precedent since the fall of the Iron Curtain.
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Russian forces struck the settlement of Maly Burluk on 17 January with an aerial bomb, Synegubov said. If the deal collapses, it could leave congressional leaders with no clear path to approving tens of billions of dollars for Ukraine. They said Moscow did not ask for any specific stretch of airspace to be kept safe for a certain length of time, as it has for past prisoner exchanges. Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been highly critical of the EU's financial and military aid for Ukraine and has maintained close ties with Russia. A spate of Ukraine-linked attacks on Russia's oil infrastructure have reportedly led Moscow's energy ministry to propose restricting flights over energy facilities. Meanwhile, Indian thinktank Observer Research Foundation's Russia expert, Nandan Unnikrishnan, said India was unlikely to sign "any major military deal" with Russia because it would cross a red line with the US.
- The European Union will attempt to cripple Hungary’s economy if it vetoes a proposed £43million ($54million) aid package for Ukraine again, it has been reported.
- Some bars and restaurants in Kyiv were offering free drinks to anyone who had a UK passport.
- The governor of Russia’s Yaroslavl region has confirmed that a Ukrainian drone attacked the Slavneft-Yanos oil refinery in Yaroslavl city on Monday morning.
- Retired members of essential professions – doctors, nurses, morticians, police – would be urged back into service.