Ukraine-Russia war live: Dozens injured in Kharkiv apartment strike as Lammy vows not to be ‘bullied by Putin’
Rescue operations are continuing in Kharkiv where a Russian-guided bomb attack on a multi-storey apartment building yesterday killed one and injured 42 people. The body of a 94-year-old woman was recovered from the ninth floor of a residential building, officials said.
Volodymyr Zelensky pleaded for more arms, stating that the “terror can be stopped” and said: “The world must help us defend ourselves against Russian military aircraft and the dozens of guided aerial bombs that claim Ukrainian lives every day.”
Meanwhile, foreign secretary David Lammy has warned that the West will not be bullied by Vladimir Putin’s threat of war with Nato if Ukraine is given permission to use Western weapons to strike inside Russia.
Mr Lammy said talks were continuing with the US and allies about giving Kyiv permission to use UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles to hit Russian air bases and military sites.
Russian president Mr Putin has warned that allowing long-range strikes “would mean that Nato countries, the United States, and European countries are at war with Russia”.
And, Mr Zelensky has said Western arms are arriving too slowly to equip the armed forces properly and causing Ukrainian troops to suffer high losses on the battlefield.
