Russia expels UK defence attache in tit-for-tat diplomatic row
The UK expelled Russia’s defence attache earlier this month on the grounds he was an ‘undeclared military intelligence officer’.
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.
Social media footage showed protesters running towards the factory boundary and riot police using pepper spray in an attempt to turn them back.
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 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.
A Russian Defence Ministry spokesman confirmed the capture of a village that had been the site of fierce fighting for close to 18 months.
The authoritarian states, increasingly in dispute with democracies, seek to gain influence in Africa, the Middle East and South America.