Ukraine will step up drone attacks on Russian soil, a senior official has said. Listen to a special episode of the Daily podcast on what Grant Shapps's appointment as defence secretary means for Ukraine while you scroll.
was inconclusive, saying it believed"several aircraft" had been struck and"damaged", though gave no exact numbers.
The apparent small level of damage in the images contradicts what we saw in video from the scene - which showed a massive fire at the airfield. While claims from Russia and Ukraine contradict each other, what is clear is that Ukraine was able to hit a Russian airfield hundreds of miles behind its border, and take a number of strategically important aircraft out of active service. Ukraine’s infrastructure minister Oleksandr Kubrakov has said two bulk carriers, named Anna-Theresa and Ocean Courtesy, left the port of Pivdennyi through a temporary corridor for civilian vessels to attempt to journey across the Black Sea with cargo.
"We are working from the territory of Russia," Kyrylo Budanov, head of the main intelligence directorate at the defence ministry, told The War Zone. Mr Budanov also said drones targeted"the fuel tanks and an important part of the wing spar, which are located in the upper part of the IL-76". Part five: My daughter speaks English now, sometimes I can't understand her - I'm worried what happens when our visa expires
"I want to make my daughter happy. She lost everything," says Ms Nepushenkov, who lives in Maidenhead.
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