Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin says Russian forces and ‘systems’ will be placed at Finnish border
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In an interview with Russia’s RIA state news agency and Rossiya-1 state television, Russia’s Vladimir Putin signalled that he intends to boost forces along the country’s border with Finland.
The Russian leader criticised Finland and Sweden’s Nato accession, Reuters reported.
“This is an absolutely meaningless step (for Finland and Sweden) from the point of view of ensuring their own national interests,” he said, adding:
We didn’t have troops there (at the Finnish border), now they will be there. There were no systems of destruction there, now they will appear.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is interviewed by Rossiya Segodnya International Media Group Director General Dmitry Kiselev. Photograph: Gavriil Grigorov/AP
Pavel Malkov, governor of Russia’s Ryazan region, said this morning that a fire at an oil refinery has been extinguished, Reuters reported.
He had earlier said a drone attack had caused a fire to break out.
Rustem Umerov, the Ukrainian defence minister, said he is “grateful to the American people” and to the defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, for their support, citing a $300 million package.
The United States will send a new military aid package for Ukraine worth $300 million, which includes air defense, artillery, and anti-tank weapons.
I am grateful to the American people and @SecDef Austin personally for their unwavering support.
In an interview with Russia’s RIA state news agency and Rossiya-1 state television, Russia’s Vladimir Putin signalled that he intends to boost forces along the country’s border with Finland.
The Russian leader criticised Finland and Sweden’s Nato accession, Reuters reported.
“This is an absolutely meaningless step (for Finland and Sweden) from the point of view of ensuring their own national interests,” he said, adding:
We didn’t have troops there (at the Finnish border), now they will be there. There were no systems of destruction there, now they will appear.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is interviewed by Rossiya Segodnya International Media Group Director General Dmitry Kiselev. Photograph: Gavriil Grigorov/AP
At least 6 people were killed and over 50 wounded as a result of Russian missile, drone and airstrikes in Myrnohrad, Sumy and Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian authorities said.
Tonight, Russia attacked residential high-rise buildings in Myrnohrad, Sumy and Kryvyi Rih
At least 6 people were killed, over 50 were injured as a result of missile, drone & airstrikes
