Kyiv shoots down 31 Russian ballistic and cruise missiles following biggest Russian air attack in weeks
An EU summit began in Brussels as Ukraine said its air defences had foiled a massive Russian missile attack on its GUR military intelligence agency, and residents of a Russian town bordering Ukraine were urged to evacuate amid cross-border shelling and raids by anti-Kremlin militias.
“The response to the appalling crisis in Palestine has not been Europe’s finest hour, quite frankly,” Mr Varadkar said. European leaders will also use the two-day summit to discuss a plan to buy arms for Ukraine with revenue from about €190 billion in Russian assets that have been frozen in the European banking system since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
A Ukrainian explosives technician loads a fragment of a missile into a special demining armoured truck after a missile attack on Kyiv. Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images