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Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskyy addresses UK lawmakers, rare trip outside Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in London on Wednesday for only his second trip abroad since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, seeking additional arms to combat an expected major assault. British PM Rishi Sunak's office said Zelenskyy would visit troops training in Britain and address the British parliament. Stay with TOI for all live updates--
02:35 (IST) Feb 08
Fire at Latvia factory of US drone supplier to Ukraine
A fire broke out Tuesday at a US drone factory in Latvia that has built drones for Ukraine's military and NATO allies.Two dozen police cars, nine fire engines and five ambulances deployed to the scene of the fire at the factory run by US firm Edge Autonomy on the outskirts of Latvia's capital, Riga.The cause of the blaze was not known but two people were taken to hospital, Latvia's emergency services tweeted, adding a third person was receiving treatment at the facility site.
23:17 (IST) Feb 07
Ukraine to get at least 100 Leopard 1 tanks in 'coming months': Germany
Ukraine will receive at least 100 Leopard 1 tanks from industrial stocks in the "coming months", the German, Dutch and Danish defence ministries said Tuesday.
22:58 (IST) Feb 07
Netherlands, Denmark and Germany buy 100 Leopard 1 Tanks for Ukraine
The Netherlands, Denmark and Germany are buying 100 Leopard-1A5 battle tanks for Ukraine, the Dutch government said on Tuesday.
22:22 (IST) Feb 07
German defence minister in surprise Kyiv visit: Ukraine
Germany's new defence minister, Boris Pistorius, made an unscheduled visit to Kyiv on Tuesday, two weeks after Berlin agreed to provide Leopard tanks to help Ukraine counter Russian forces, Ukraine said.
22:15 (IST) Feb 07
Ukraine says Russians endure deadliest day so far as fighting intensifies in east
21:10 (IST) Feb 07
Ukraine sending 87 rescuers to Turkey after quake: Government
17:56 (IST) Feb 07
Russia says it has taken control of Mykolaivka, a village in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, state media reported.
17:56 (IST) Feb 07
Fierce battles in Ukraine's Donetsk region "are very difficult," Ukraine's President Zelenskiy says, as Kyiv braces for a possible Russian offensive this month before the first anniversary of its invasion of Ukraine.
17:46 (IST) Feb 07
Kyiv reports record Russian deaths
Ukraine reports the deadliest 24 hours of the war for Russian troops as Moscow hurls tens of thousands of freshly mobilised soldiers and mercenaries into relentless assaults in the east.
17:27 (IST) Feb 07
Ukrainian troops repelled assaults near 10 settlements in Donetsk and Luhansk, the General Staff said.
17:27 (IST) Feb 07
Kremlin forces also unleashed 75 barrages from multiple-launch rocket systems, hitting civilian targets in the Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson regions, according to the statement.
17:26 (IST) Feb 07
Russia carried out six missile strikes and 24 air attacks over the past day, Ukraine’s General Staff said on Facebook.
17:19 (IST) Feb 07
Russia: NATO involvement in Ukraine threatens 'unpredictable' escalation
Russia's defence minister said on Tuesday that Western arms supplies to Ukraine were effectively dragging NATO into the conflict, warning this could lead to an "unpredictable" escalation.
17:18 (IST) Feb 07
Andrij Melnyk, a deputy foreign minister in the government in Kyiv, said that the situation on the frontline is “very precarious” and Ukrainian forces need Germany to take the lead in forging a coalition to send fighter jets, warships and submarines.
16:58 (IST) Feb 07
Russia declares progress in battle for Bakhmut
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Kremlin forces have made progress in the fight for control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, saying the offensive “is advancing successfully”, according to the Tass state news service.
15:10 (IST) Feb 07
Kyiv urges Germany to supply fighter jets, ships
The situation on the frontline is 'very precarious' and Ukrainian forces need Germany to take the lead in forging a coalition to send fighter jets, warships and submarines, according to Andrij Melnyk, a deputy foreign minister in the government in Kyiv. Melnyk, a former ambassador to Germany, said Ukraine’s most urgent need is for aircraft like the Eurofighter or Tornado and urged chancellor Olaf Scholz to move more quickly than he did in making the decision last month to supply Leopard battle tanks. "We need the air force, we need the navy, and Germany would be in a position to help us with that," Melnyk said in an interview with German public broadcaster ZDF. "If we wait and only take the decision later then it might be too late." (Bloomberg)
14:19 (IST) Feb 07
Russia's military likely attempted to restart major offensive operations in Ukraine since early January this year, with the goal of capturing Ukraine-held parts of Donetsk, Britain's defence intelligence update said on Tuesday. However, it remains unlikely that Russia will be able to build up the forces required to significantly affect the war's outcome within the next few weeks, the update added. (Reuters)
13:08 (IST) Feb 07
"The erection of engineering and construction structures, which are designed to provide additional protection for important infrastructure facilities of the nuclear power plant, including those related to the storage of radioactive materials, is at the completion stage," TASS cited Renat Karchaa of Russia's nuclear plants operator Rosenergoatom as saying. Karchaa did not provide any other detail about the structures.
13:01 (IST) Feb 07
The construction of protective structures for key facilities at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southeast Ukraine is nearing completion, Russia's state TASS news agency reported on Tuesday, citing an adviser to the head of Russia's nuclear plants operator. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, was captured by Russian troops in March of last year, in the opening days of Moscow's invasion in Ukraine. It remains close to the frontlines, and has repeatedly come under fire, raising fears of a nuclear disaster. (Reuters)
11:20 (IST) Feb 07
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said personnel changes on the border and frontline will bolster Ukraine's military efforts amid uncertainty over the future of his defence minister, just as Russia advances in the east for the first time in six months. In his Monday evening address, Zelenskyy said he wanted to combine military and managerial experience in local and central government but did not directly address confusion about whether his defence minister, Oleksii Reznikov, would be replaced.
11:19 (IST) Feb 07
The war is reaching a pivotal point as its first anniversary approaches, with Ukraine no longer making gains as it did in the second half of 2022 and Russia pushing forward with hundreds of thousands of mobilised reserve troops.
10:30 (IST) Feb 07
"We are seeing more and more (Russian) reserves being deployed in our direction, we are seeing more equipment being brought in...," Luhansk regional governor Serhiy Haidai told Ukrainian television. "They bring ammunition that is used differently than before - it is not round-the-clock shelling anymore. They are slowly starting to save, getting ready for a full-scale offensive. It will most likely take them 10 days to gather reserves. After February 15 we can expect (this offensive) at any time."
10:11 (IST) Feb 07
Ukraine is itself planning a spring offensive to recapture lost territory, but awaiting delivery of promised longer-range Western missiles and battle tanks, with some analysts saying the country was months away from being ready.
10:06 (IST) Feb 07
Russia was pouring reinforcements into eastern Ukraine ahead of a new offensive that could begin next week along a front where there have been relentless battles for months, a Ukrainian governor said. Desperate for Western military aid to arrive, Ukraine anticipates a major offensive could be launched by Russia for 'symbolic' reasons around the February 24 anniversary of the invasion, which Moscow persists in calling 'a special military operation'. (Reuters)
09:52 (IST) Feb 07
Since the start of its invasion nearly a year ago, Russia has repeatedly warned that Ukraine might be preparing to use non-conventional weapons, including biological weapons or a radioactive dirty bomb. No such attack has materialised. Ukraine and its Western allies rejected those accusations but saw them as a possible prelude to a "false flag" attack, meaning Russia might itself resort to such tactics but seek to blame Ukraine. Russia has dismissed that claim.
09:50 (IST) Feb 07
Ukraine's Armed Forces said they adhered to laws of war. "The enemy's accusations of the use of chemical weapons by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are untrue," the public affairs office said in an emailed statement. It went on to say Ukraine had never used such weapons "anywhere ... at any time."
09:44 (IST) Feb 07
Russia's investigative committee said the Donetsk People's Republic, one of Russia's proxies in the territories it has seized and occupied, had reported the use of chemical weapons by Ukrainian drones near the two locations. The allegation was not accompanied by any publicly released evidence. "As a result, servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces are experiencing a deterioration in their health and characteristic symptoms of poisoning," the committee said, without providing details or identifying any substance.
09:43 (IST) Feb 07
Russia's state investigative committee said on Monday it was examining the alleged use of chemical weapons by Ukrainian forces near the eastern Ukrainian towns of Soledar and Bakhmut. Ukraine's Armed Forces said they had never used chemical weapons anywhere at any time and accused Moscow of engaging in disinformation and of itself using banned weapons. (Reuters)
09:41 (IST) Feb 07
The next EU summit takes place on Thursday and Friday of this week in Brussels. If Zelenskyy does visit Brussels this week, it would be only the second foreign trip he has taken since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine last February 24.In December, Zelenskiy visited Washington to meet President Joe Biden and address the U.S. Congress
09:40 (IST) Feb 07
The spokesman, Barend Leyts, did not say when Zelenskyy might take up the invitation and specified that no further information would be provided "for security reasons".
09:40 (IST) Feb 07
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been invited to take part in a summit of European Union leaders, the EU said on Monday, amid reports he could be in Brussels as soon as this week. Charles Michel, the president of the European Council of the EU's national leaders, invited Zelenskyy "to participate in person in a future summit," a spokesman for Michel tweeted. (Reuters)
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