BREAKING: Ukraine has issued an air alert across the entire country 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
Air alerts are sounding across the whole country, according to Ukrainian officials.Alarms are regularly heard in Ukraine, particularly near the frontline, but the scale of the alert could indicate more strikes are to come.Drones have been part of the military inventory for decades, but the war in Ukraine has seen a massive escalation in their exploitation.
The Zaporizhzhia region is expected to be an area targeted by Ukraine when it launches its counteroffensive, and the UN's nuclear watchdog has warned of the"threat of a severe nuclear accident". Authorities are"almost certainly" attempting to avoid or delay unpopular mandatory conscription to"minimise domestic dissent", the defence ministry said.Recruiters have been offering sign-up bonuses of £1,890 and salaries of up to £3,290 a month, Radio Free Europe reported.
As many as 16 missile strikes targeted Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Odesa regions, plus 61 airstrikes and 52 rocket salvos on populated areas and military positions, said the general staff of Ukraine's armed forces. While some of the Soviet-era rockets fell into the sea, others caused fires to tear through a food warehouse and recreational facilities on the Black Sea coast, Ukraine's operational command said.Follow our live coverage here for updates on every key moment from the war in Ukraine throughout the day.
And a Russian jet flew at a Polish patrol plane over international waters three times, coming within five metres of its nose.A pro-war prominent Russian author has woken up from a coma after being wounded by a car bomb.He was put in an induced coma, but has since become alert, stable and"cheerful", according to the governor of the Novgorod region, Andrey Sergeyevich Nikitin.
Victory Day is a key patriotic anniversary for Vladimir Putin, but drone attacks have led several Russian regions to scale back events.
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