Putin’s tit-for-tat expulsion of UK defence attache ‘desperate move’ says Shapps
Russia expelled the British defence attache in Moscow in response to the UK throwing out his counterpart.
Russia expelled the British defence attache in Moscow in response to the UK throwing out his counterpart.
The UK expelled Russia’s defence attache earlier this month on the grounds he was an ‘undeclared military intelligence officer’.
Vovchansk’s pre-war population of 17,000 had dwindled to just 2,500 before Russia renewed its ground assault last week.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said ‘fierce battles’ are taking place near the border in eastern and north-eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian journalists reported that Russian troops had taken over villages on the border of the Kharkiv region.
The Attorney General, the government’s top law officer, can refer any Crown Court sentence to the Court of Appeal if it is potentially unduly lenient.
Oleksandr Pielieshenko joined Ukraine’s armed forces in the first days of Russia’s invasion, authorities said.
Ocheretyne has been a target for Russian forces in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
Experts have predicted that Russian forces ‘will likely make significant tactical gains’ in the coming week.
Dzhumokhon Kurbonov, a citizen of Tajikistan, is accused of providing the attackers with means of communication and financing.
Ukraine’s air force said on Saturday that Russia had launched 34 missiles against Ukraine overnight.
The Slim lander reached the surface of the moon on January 20.
The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favour of the package of 61 billion US dollars (£49.3 billion) in aid for Ukraine.
Vital assistance for Kyiv’s war effort is stuck in US congress.
Ten Russian Shahed-type drones were shot down over the Kharkiv region overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force said.