▶Latest >Russia says it will give Ukrainian troops holed up in Azot chemical plant in Severodonetsk a chance to surrender on Wednesday >All three bridges leading to Severodonetsk have been destroyed, as Russia tries too prevent Ukrainian defenders in the city from resupplying >Fighting around Azot chemical plant in Severodonetsk causes a huge fire >Reports as many as 800 civilians sheltering in bomb shelters under plant >Mykolaiv Governor: Ukrainian army is running out of ammunition >British MoD: Intense street to street fighting is ongoing in Severodonetsk, both sides likely suffering high casualties >DPR courts sentence two British nationals and a Morrocan, captured in Mariupol, to death >Russian Mjr General Roman Kutuzov killed in Donbas, the 11th Russian General KIA this war >Ukrainian forces reportedly reclaim ground in Severodonetsk, inflicting heavy damage to Russian forces >EU to ban two-thirds of Russian oil imports >Ukrainian forces launch counter-offensive in Kherson region >ISW: Russian invasion that aimed to seize & occupy entire country has become desperate & bloody offensive to capture a single city in the east while defending important but limited gains in the south and east >Food shortages could cause more deaths than war, UK minister warns >Senate passes $40 billion package for Ukraine >War could last years, Nato warns
>NEW: The UK has purchased and is refurbishing more than 20 long range guns – M109s – from a Belgian arms company which it is sending to Ukraine, Defence Secretary @BWallaceMP has said. The heavy weapons fire 155mm rounds. twitter.com/haynesdeborah/status/1537440879480164353
Ukrainian soil is going to be the most fertile on earth, 155m shells churning Russian compost and fertiliser into the earth.... might buy some Ukrainian food products this fall to get a taste.