Ukraine-Russia war live: Biden to give anti-personnel landmines to Kyiv as long-range missiles hit arms depot
Ukraine hits Putin’s ammunition warehouse with ATACMS near Kursk on 1,000th day of war
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Your support makes all the difference.Joe Biden has approved provision of anti-personnel land mines to Ukraine, a US official said, in latest move by Washington to help the country slow the advance of Russia’s ground troops in the east.
The clearance from Mr Biden comes shortly after Ukraine deployed the US-approved longer-range missile to hit Russia’s arms depot 110km deep inside the country on the 1,000th day of war.
Ukrainian forces used the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) in a strike on Russia’s Bryansk region, prompting Moscow to issue a warning that it will respond “accordingly”. US officials told American media the ATACMS had been used to hit an ammunition warehouse which sits northwest of Kursk, the region on which a Ukrainian assault has been underway since the summer.
Within hours, Vladimir Putin signed a new nuclear doctrine lowering the threshold under which Russia can deploy atomic weapons to respond to attacks on its territory, warning Washington.
On the battlefield, around 10,900 North Korean troops have been deployed to Kursk as part of Russia’s airborne unit and marines, with some already participating in battles, a South Korean lawmaker said.
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Putin's nuclear doctrine revision ‘the result of careful escalation management’, says analyst
Vladimir Putin’s alteration of the Russian nuclear doctrine is “the result of careful escalation management by both sides”, an analyst has suggested.
Professor Sam Greene, of the Centre for European Policy Analysis, said on X: “Deep breaths, everyone. The fact that Russia published a revised nuclear doctrine on the same day that Ukraine first fired ATACMs across the border is the result of careful escalation management by both sides.
“We may eventually get to WWIII, but probably not tonight. None of this happened at a moment’s notice. Ukraine had been asking for permission for long-range strikes for ages. Biden made it clear it was a matter of time. Putin will have decided that this--a relatively minor revision of a document--would be his response.
“That said, the same factors that keep Nato and Russia from going to war with each other make it more difficult for Ukraine to win the war, to the enduring frustration of many in Ukraine and elsewhere. It’s a circle the Biden Administration was never able to square.
“The question now is, will Trump do any better?”
Watch: Zelensky’s parliament address on the 1,000th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has released a video of his address to the Ukrainian parliament on the 1,000th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
“Putin does not value people or rules; he values only money and power. These are the things we must take away from him to restore peace,” he wrote in a post on X.
“We must do everything to end this war—fairly, justly, and, of course, together. A thousand days of war is a tremendous challenge. Ukraine deserves to make the next year the year of peace.”
In pictures: Fierce fighting continues on Donetsk frontline
A group of European foreign ministers discuss support for Ukraine and future ties with US
The foreign ministers of Poland, Germany, France and Italy are discussing stepping up Europe’s military support for Ukraine and also future ties with the United States under the presidency of Donald Trump.
Trump says he expects Europe to make a greater effort for its own defense in the face of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Meeting in Warsaw on Tuesday are Germany’s Annalena Baerbock, France’s Jean-Noel Barrot, Italy’s Antonio Tajani and Poland’s Radek Sikorski. The U.K. and Spanish foreign ministers are to join remotely.
Also present is the EU’s upcoming chief of diplomacy, Kaja Kallas.
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A group of European foreign ministers discuss support for Ukraine and future ties with US
The foreign ministers of Poland, Germany, France and Italy are discussing stepping up Europe’s military support for Ukraine and also future ties with the United States under the presidency of Donald Trump
Watch: Ukrainians light 1,000 candles to mark 1,000 days since Russia’s invasion
Furious Kremlin – and Trump allies – attack Biden’s ‘escalation’ of Ukraine war
Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russia with US-made long-range missiles is an “escalation” of the conflict, Moscow said on Monday as it warned use of the weapons would trigger a “tangible” response.
The Kremlin reacted with fury after the US president eased limits on what targets Kyiv can strike using the American-made Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS.
“It is obvious that the outgoing administration in Washington intends to … continue pouring oil on the fire and provoking further escalation of tensions around this conflict,” Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.
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Kremlin and Trump allies attack Biden’s ‘escalation’ of Ukraine war
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Zelensky visits the frontline towns of Pokrovsk and Kupiansk
Volodymyr Zelensky visited the embattled towns of Pokrovsk and Kupiansk on Monday, as their Ukrainian defenders attempt to hold back the Russian onslaught.
In Pokrovsk, Mr Zelensky visited the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade and awarded medals to soldiers. He then oversaw the construction of trenches and “defensive structures” at an unspecified location in Donetsk.
My Zelensky then headed to the city of Kupiansk, which last week repelled a major Russian attack when two tank convoys attempted to gain a foothold in the city.
Filming himself outside a large Kupiansk sign, Mr Zelensky paid tribute to Ukrainian soldiers, saying “the strength of our entire Ukrainian army is the people who serve”.
Russian and Chinese foreign ministers discuss Ukraine at G20
Chinese and Russian foreign ministers discussed bilateral ties, the conflict in Ukraine, and the situation on the Korean peninsula on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Brazil, they said.
“We are truly at an unprecedented stage in the development of our strategic relations of a comprehensive partnership,” Russia’s Sergei Lavrov told China’s Wang Yi, according to a post on the Russian foreign ministry’s Telegram channel.
Mr Wang said Beijing is willing to work with Russia to further strengthen bilateral “comprehensive strategic coordination”, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement.
The “two sides also exchanged views on the Ukraine crisis and the situation on the Korean Peninsula”, it added without providing further details.
China and Russia have held a series of bilateral meetings since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine 1,000 days ago. The war isolated Moscow from Kyiv’s Western allies, bringing waves of sanctions on its politicians and businesses, but pushed it closer to China.
24 hours in Ukraine: A single day shows the reality of life as war hits 1,000 days
The clock on her wall stopped almost as soon as the day began, its hands frozen by the Russian bomb that hit the dormitory serving as home for Ukrainians displaced by war.
It was 1:45 a.m. in an upstairs room in the eastern city of Zaporizhzhia, Natalia Panasenko’s home for just shy of a year after the town she thinks of as her real home came under Russian occupation. The explosion blasted a door on top of her, smashed her refrigerator and television and shredded the flowers she’d just received for her 63rd birthday.
“The house was full of people and flowers. People were congratulating me ... and then there was nothing. Everything was mixed in the rubble,” she said. “I come from a place where the war is going on every day. We only just left there, and it seemed to be quieter here. And the war caught up with us again.”
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24 hours in Ukraine: A single day shows the reality of life as war hits 1,000 days
The Associated Press fanned out across Ukraine to chronicle a typical 24 hours of life just as the country was about to mark 1,000 days since Russia’s full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022
US says to announce additional support for Ukraine in coming days
The US will announce additional security assistance for Ukraine in coming days, the US ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said as the United Nations marked 1,000 days since Russia’s invasion of the country.
Ms Thomas-Greenfield said supporting Ukraine in the US Congress and beyond could not and should not be a partisan issue, and that standing up for democracy and human rights was “above petty politics” and would outlast any one leader.
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