#France's Armed Forces Minister, Sebastien Lecornu has confirmed today that the country has given #Ukraine two Crotale air-defence systems plus two more MLRS.
M. Lecornu revealed Pres. Zelenskyy has also requested radar systems, which is "under review"
The @IAEA has issued a strong response, but clearly is so for unable, or unwilling, to apportion blame for the attack on the #Zaoprizhzhia nuclear power plant in Occupied #Ukraine.
This is the situation on Komsomolskaya Square, a couple of miles from Red Square. #Russia's emergency services are tackling the blaze.
... And here's another video from the scene of the big blaze in the capital of #Russia.
The square in #Moscow is known as the place of the three railway stations, Kazansky, Leningradsky and Yaroslavsky.
#Belarus alleges that an armed #Ukraine soldier crossed the border illegally.
They say this video, taken at 4pm local time yesterday, shows the man at the railway checkpoint Slovechno/Vystupovichi before taking photos + videos and "searching or installing something in the snow"
#Russia's Emergency services says 7 people have been rescued from a warehouse which is burning in the "3 stations" area, around 3 km east of Red Square.
It's said two newly mobilised recruits refused to fight and were hauled out of line and arrested. The whole thing looks like a set up to me, especially the way the two guys run down to make the first "arrest"
Lovely tale here
Volodymyr Yanitsky is almost blind. He's from a front line village in #Donetsk. His disability doesn't stop him painting and his art work he sells with all profits going to #Ukraine's armed forces.
A rolled metal factory caught fire in #Slobodskoy. No injuries. Rolled metal could potentially be used in the production of weapons, but no indication of foul play.
Nuclear watchdog investigators will inspect #Europe's largest such power plant tomorrow.
It follow #Russia's allegation of 12 shells having been fired at the #Zaporizhzhia plant
#Ukraine's Emergency Services are trying to clear rubble in #Kharkiv region. They fear people may be trapped after shells struck private houses in the village of Shevchenkove, 30km west of #Kupiansk.
#Ukraine tonight has accused #Russia of kidnapping mayors of various mayors in #Kherson oblast.
The Interior Ministry says invaders abducted the leaders of several communities in the region and took them to the left bank of the Dnipro when they retreated.
They remain missing
It's potentially a huge day for the #EU.
The Union is today scheduled to set its price limit for #Russia's fuel.
Two questions - can they set it at a level which can hold and damage the Kremlin, and can they get all members to agree to it.
British Intelligence comes to the conclusion I wrote about four days ago when #Ukraine appeared to have struck an oil terminal on #Russia's Black Sea coast with a 'marine drone'
Hello & welcome to another daily thread on Day 268 of #Russia's full invasion of #Ukraine, although the war can be traced back almost 9 years to early 2014.
Plenty of news yesterday, if you missed something take a scroll through Thursday's news feed here
Let me start with an update on this story from last night
I've traced the original to vanek_nikolaev's TG channel and now had it confirmed #Chaplynka was hit again, so this is likely genuine, multiple explosions in #Kherson region, just 16km from #Crimea