. I’m Samantha Lock and I’ll be bringing you all the latest developments as they unfold over the next hour.has said he will not rule out the aircraft to Ukraine at some point, but stressed Kyiv is in need of more immediate military firepower.
At least 17 missiles targeted energy infrastructure, the city’s acting mayor, Anatolii Kurtiev, said.Russian forces launched a series of overnight strikes that knocked out power supplies in parts of Kharkivlaunched a major offensive in eastern Ukraine, the governor for the Luhansk region has said. Serhiy Haidai told Ukrainian TV on Thursday that Russian troops had gone on the attack and were trying to advance westwards across a winter landscape of snow and forests.
addressed the European parliament on Thursday morning, proclaiming Ukraine “will join the European Union” and thanking the bloc’s members for their support during Russia’s invasion.several European Union leaders said they were ready to provide Kyiv with aircraftbut gave no further details about the pledges. There was no immediate confirmation from any European countries. “Europe will be with us until our victory.
Asked about the Ukrainian president suggesting some European leaders were ready to provide fighter jets to Kyiv, a spokesperson for the prime minister said the defence secretary, Ben Wallace, was seeing “whether we can provide fighter jets in the future”.