Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has denied Russia targeted civilians in Kremenchuk, saying the Russian military attacked a hangar with US and European weapons inside and that the shopping mall nearby that caught fire was empty. Read more:
Updates from Sally Lockwood in Kremenchuk and Gillian Joseph in Kyiv. Live reporting by Bhvishya PatelUS President Joe Biden has congratulated Finland, Sweden and Turkey after the three countries signed a trilateral memorandum that would enable the two Nordic countries to join NATO.
Commenting on NATO's announcement to have more than 300,000 troops at high readiness from 2023 in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Ms Lambrecht said Germany would provide one division, some 15,000 troops, for these forces, including around 65 planes and 20 ships. "The free world, the so-called free world is going to be affected. And NATO and the world society needs to learn how to act fast. It's been too long." Earlier we reported that Turkey had agreed to support Finland and Sweden's joint membership to NATO.
Emergency crews remained at the scene of the shopping centre hit by a Russian missile strike in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk today. A statement by President Niinisto read:"Our joint memorandum underscores the commitment of Finland, Sweden and Turkey to extend their full support against threats to each other’s security. Us becoming NATO allies will further strengthen this commitment.
"I am delighted to conclude this stage on Finland’s road to NATO membership. I now look forward to fruitful conversations on Finland’s role in NATO with our future allies here in Madrid."UK 'should have been supplying weapons to Ukraine earlier' and needs to learn lessons for Taiwan, Liz Truss says The comments come amid concerns within the government that failing to resist Vladimir Putin's invasion of his neighbour could embolden Chinese President Xi Jinping to try to occupy Taiwan.Ukrainian MP Kira Rudik has urged democratic countries"not to delay in supplying weapons" following the latest attacks on a shopping centre in Kremenchuck and the eastern city of Dnipro.
Planet Labs have released satellite images that show the damage from yesterday's missile attack in Kremenchuk. There is noticeably more damage on the northeast corner of the building.
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