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A Russian military plane has crashed near the border of Ukraine while carrying 65 prisoners of war, the Kremlin claimed.
The Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft appeared to crash in Russia’s Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, in what the Kremlin said was carrying PoWs.
According to Ukrainskaya Pravda newspaper, Kyiv claimed it downed the plane in a targeted attack and said it was carrying S-300 anti-aircraft missiles used in recent devastating attacks on Kharkiv.
But the Ukrainian defence ministry later said it was “still clarifying information” about the crash as it did not have accurate details.
It comes as at least 18 people were killed and dozens wounded in a Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Kharkiv.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said strikes throughout the country killed 18 people and injured more than 130 in his nightly video address.
More than 200 sites were hit, including 139 dwellings, with many deaths in “an ordinary high-rise apartment building. Ordinary people lived there,” he said.
'Highly unlikely' Ukrainian prisoners of war were on board
Mark Voyger, former special adviser for Russian affairs to the US Army Europe, told Sky News the information being released is “sketchy” and it is “highly unlikely” any prisoners of war were on board.
It comes after the Kremlin claimed a Russian military plane has crashed near the border of Ukraine while carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war.
The Ukrainian defence ministry said it was “still clarifying information” about the crash as it did not have accurate details.
Britons face call-up to fight in the armed forces if UK goes to war with Russia, top army chief warns
Britons face being called up to fight in any future wars because the size of the armed forces is too small, a top army chief will say on Wednesday morning
In a speech, General Sir Patrick Sanders will underline the need for the government to “mobilise the nation” in the event of a conflict with Russia.
He will say that private citizens will have to be called up to fight in the armed forces if a war does break out amid a crisis in the British Army, which is at its smallest size in decades.
Russian plane crashes on Ukrainian border
A Russian military plane has crashed on the border with Ukraine, according to four pro-Kremlin media outlets.
The Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft crashed in Russia’s Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, reports suggest.
Local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that an unspecified “incident” had occurred in the region’s Korochansky district, northeast of Belgorod city, and that he was going to inspect the site.
Belgorod has come under frequent attack from Ukraine in recent months, including a December missile strike which killed 25 people.
File photo of a Ilyushin Il-76 military transport aircraft
Britons could be called up to fight in Nato war, army warns
Britons could be called up to fight in a war against Russia because the military is too small, the head of the British Army will warn.
General Sir Patrick Sanders will stress the need for the Government to “mobilise the nation” in the event of war with Russia in a speech on Wednesday, according to The Telegraph.
It comes after a senior Nato military official warned that private citizens should prepare for an all-out war with Russia in the next 20 years, which would require wholesale change in their lives.
Ukraine death toll rises to 18 after major Russian missile attacks on Kyiv and Kharkiv
An onslaught of Russian missiles targeting Ukraine’s two largest cities have killed 18 people and injured 130 others, president Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Russian forces began pounding more than 200 sites in the capital Kyiv and the eastern city of Kharkiv on Tuesday morning, trapping many people under the rubble of collapsed and damaged buildings.
Mr Zelensky said in his nightly video address that around 40 missiles were launched towards Ukrainian cities, out of which “a significant number” were shot down, but many hit their targets.
ICYMI- The United States is out of money for Ukraine
The United States is out of money for Ukraine, unable to send the ammunition and missiles that the government in Kyiv needs to fend off Russia’s invasion.
With the aid caught up in domestic politics, the Biden administration on Tuesday came empty-handed for the first time as host of the monthly meeting of about 50 nations that coordinate support for Ukraine.
The group was established by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in April 2022.
While waiting for Congress to approve more money for Ukraine‘s fight, Washington will look to allies to keep bridging the gap.
“I urge this group to dig deep to provide Ukraine with more lifesaving ground-based air defense systems and interceptors,” Austin said in opening remarks broadcast from his home, where he is recuperating after prostate cancer surgery
.The opening statement by video was the first public appearance from Austin, 70, who appeared slightly gaunt. He was hospitalized for two weeks after complications from the surgery.
After the meeting, Celeste Wallander, assistant defense secretary for international affairs, told reporters that Ukraine‘s ministry of defense is getting reports from its front lines that “units are not do not have the stocks and the stores of ammunition that they require.”
Wallander added: “That is one of the reasons we have been focusing on the need to answer Congress’ questions, so that they are able to move forward on a decision to pass” legislation with the aid.
File: US secretary of defence Lloyd Austin visits NAVCENT in Bahrain
ICYMI - Nato signs £950m contract so Ukraine has more artillery rounds: ‘The war is now a battle for ammunition’
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has become a “battle for ammunition,” the head of Nato has warned, as the alliance signed a £950 million contract to buy hundreds of thousands of vital artillery rounds to help Kyiv’s battle against Vladimir Putin’s forces.
Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg announced that the alliance had signed contracts to purchase 220,000 rounds of 155-millimetre ammunition.
“This is important to defend our own territory, to build up our own stocks, but also to continue to support Ukraine,” Mr Stoltenberg said. “Russia’s war in Ukraine has become a battle for ammunition, so allies must refill their own stocks, as we continue to support Ukraine.”
Mr Stoltenberg said of the Nato deal: “We cannot allow President Putin to win in Ukraine. That would be a tragedy for the Ukrainians and dangerous for all of us.”
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Poland’s Donald Tusk meets Zelensky in Ukraine amid tensions over food exports
He said the leaders reached “an understanding” to resolve through talks any differences between their countries over grain shipments and truck exports.
The war, Mr Tusk said, was a wider struggle between Europe and Russia with repercussions beyond Ukraine and hence a priority for Poland.
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NATO signs key artillery ammunition contract to replenish allied supplies and help Ukraine
NATO signed on Tuesday a $1.2-billion contract to make tens of thousands of artillery rounds to replenish the dwindling stocks of its member countries as they supply ammunition to Ukraine to help it defeat Russia‘s invasion.
The contract will allow for the purchase of 220,000 rounds of 155-millimeter ammunition, the most widely sought after artillery shell, according to NATO’s support and procurement agency. It will allow allies to backfill their arsenals and to provide Ukraine with more ammunition.
“This is important to defend our own territory, to build up our own stocks, but also to continue to support Ukraine,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters.
“We cannot allow President (Vladimir) Putin to win in Ukraine,” he added. “That would be a tragedy for the Ukrainians and dangerous for all of us.”
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