Captured British fighters in Ukraine sentenced to death
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has condemned the sentencing, branding the death sentences handed to the Britons as a “sham judgment”.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has condemned the sentencing, branding the death sentences handed to the Britons as a “sham judgment”.
The video, filmed from the cockpit, shows a Ukrainian jet flying extremely low in the Donbas region.
Ukraine is receiving NATO-standard weapons in place of Soviet-era weaponry which they used in the early days of the Russian invasion.
Krab howitzers can fire six rounds per minute, and travel at a maximum speed of 67km/h with rocket-assisted shells reaching as far as 40km.
The Pantsir SA-22 systems arrive as Ukraine’s air power continues to hurt Moscow’s invasion efforts.
The Defence Secretary says that, with international support, he believes Ukraine can win the war against Russia.
The Russian Defence Ministry has claimed assets donated to Ukraine by allies have been hit in an attack.
Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022.
Former Royal Marine Ben Grant helped rescue a fellow British comrade who was injured in Ukraine.
Known as vacuum bombs, they suck oxygen from the air causing a high-temperature explosion and devastating blast wave.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the use of armour on today's battlefield.
A former advisor to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense told Forces News that Russia's "big moves are fading".
UK is backing 'coalition of the willing' to break the Russian blockade but currently has no plans to deploy warships to help.
The UK has had a Battlegroup in Estonia since 2017, but doubled the size of its military footprint in the country this year.
Russian victory in Mariupol could see troops moved to the Putin's priority target region, says a land warfare expert.
A training team of 30 personnel will head to the UK, training Ukrainian forces on using artillery equipment until the end of July.