![]() ![]() Here are some of the latest developments in the war on Ukraine. It's because they wanted to be free to do things differently and for this country to be able to run itself." "When the British people voted for Brexit in such large, large numbers, I don't believe it was because they were remotely hostile to foreigners. I can give you a couple of famous recent examples. In his speech, Mr Johnson said: "I know that it's the instinct of the people of this country, like the people of Ukraine, to choose freedom, every time. The comparison was criticised by Tory peer Lord Barwell, who pointed out Ukraine is seeking to join the European Union.įormer European Council president, Donald Tusk, said the Prime Minister's words "offend Ukrainians, the British and common sense". In his speech to the Tory spring conference in Blackpool, Mr Johnson said it is the "instinct of the people of this country, like the people of Ukraine, to choose freedom", with the Brexit vote a "famous recent example". Germany has failed to deliver its historic pledge to provide arms to Ukraine, ministers have said, amid reports that weapons have been held up by red tape and are too old to be usedīoris Johnson has sparked outrage by comparing the struggle of Ukrainians fighting the Russian invasion to British people voting for Brexit.As a steady flow of British weapons arrive in Ukraine, and UK forces line up to bolster Nato's eastern flank, a dedicated team of three dozen officials in Whitehall have been playing a lesser-publicised role in response to Putin's aggression.Emmanuel Macron’s proposal for an EU army risks destabilising Europe, Poland’s deputy prime minister has warned, describing the military assistance of the US and UK as “more important”.It will take Russia "several generations" to recover from the losses of its invasion of Ukraine unless Moscow engages in genuine peace talks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Vladimir Putin on Saturday.The Ukrainian port city of Mariupol was on Saturday on the verge of falling to Russia in a rare strategic victory for the Kremlin.The bodies of more than 2,500 Russian soldiers have been transported to Belarus under the cover of darkness to disguise the true number of casualties in Ukraine, doctors have suggested.A “cowardly” Russian strike on a Ukrainian army barracks killed dozens of soldiers as they slept in the southern city of Mykolaiv, it emerged on Saturday.Boris Johnson is privately frustrated with Rishi Sunak over the Chancellor's apparent resistance to the Prime Minister's push for a dramatic increase in the number of nuclear power plants in Britain, The Telegraph can disclose. Follow the latest updates in Sunday's live blog. Earlier, a city police officer begged US president Joe Biden for help, saying: "The city is destroyed and it has been wiped off the face of the earth." Mariupol residents are only able to evacuate by private cars. A “hero” pulmonologist, a cook and two nurses have stayed with them to help. He said they were living in freezing cellars with rockets landing nearby and had not washed for more than two weeks. Their carers are now unable to get to them due to heavy fighting in the port city, which Russians have cut off from the Sea of Azov as battles centre on the Azovstal steel plant, one of Europe’s largest.Īlexei Voloshchuk, a witness who managed to escape, told the AFP news agency the children were in "huge danger" amid a blackout of communications, water, gas and electricity. The group aged between four and 17 were sent to a specialist lung clinic from their homes in nearby towns, before Russian president Vladimir Putin launched his invasion on February 24. Nineteen children, most of them orphans, are trapped in harrowing conditions in Ukraine's besieged city of Mariupol, aid workers have warned as Russian forces push deeper. ![]()
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