It came a day after Russia said it began nuclear drills in its southern military district, which stretches from Russia into occupied Ukrainian territory. The announcement of Russian drills is partly directed at France after its president, Emmanuel Macron, said he would not rule out sending in troops on Ukraine’s side. “Lethal aid is now flowing from China to Russia and into Ukraine,” Grant Shapps, the British defence secretary, told a London conference on Wednesday. The “Sea Babies” had been used this week to attack Russian positions on the Kinburn Spit in Ukraine’s southern region of Mykolaiv. Russia used a UMPB D-30 guided bomb launched from the bordering Belgorod region, prosecutors said.

Source: The Guardian May 23, 2024 02:46 UTC