Defence and security analyst Professor Michael Clarke says Russia has now got a land bridge from the Donbas through to Crimea. Latest on Ukraine:
Updates from Sky News correspondents Alex Crawford in Donbas and Dominic Waghorn in Kharkiv. Live updates by Sharon MarrisThe Russians have secured the land bridge from Crimea to the Donbas, which will prove difficult for Ukraine to take back. And the British foreign secretary, Liz Truss, has said she thinks Britain should be prepared to send weapons to Moldova, which neighbours Ukraine to the southwest.
Ukraine War Diaries uses first-person audio, recorded on the ground in Ukraine, to give an intimate day-to-day perspective of life in a war zone.Zelenskyy wants Ukraine to have EU candidate status Mr Erdogan also said Ankara expected respect and support for its fight against terrorist organisations that threaten its national security and people.
He also wants the end of an arms export embargo, which was imposed on Turkey after its 2019 Syria incursion. Mr Niinisto wrote on Twitter:"I stated that as NATO allies Finland and Turkey will commit to each other's security and our relationship will thus grow stronger.14:44:59Earlier it was announced that Russia had stopped gas exports to neighbouring Finland. This came into effect at 4am UK time.
Almost all of Finland's natural gas comes from Russia, but natural gas accounts for just 5% of total energy consumption. Only an estimated 4,000 homes rely on gas heating.
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