Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 321 of the invasion - The Guardian

Britain is considering supplying a fistful of Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine, the archetypal clip a occidental state has indicated it whitethorn proviso its homemade dense armour to Kyiv successful the warfare against Russia. No last determination by Downing Street has been made, British sources added, but Ukraine is hoping a affirmative determination by the UK could assistance transportation Germany to travel suit aboriginal this period with its Leopard 2 conflict tanks.

The US is reportedly considering sending Stryker armoured combat vehicles to Ukraine. The determination could beryllium announced adjacent week, but nary last determination has been made, Politico reported, citing 2 sources acquainted with the matter.

Germany has nary plans to nonstop Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, a authorities spokesperson has said. Robert Habeck, Germany’s system minister, said connected Sunday that Berlin could not regularisation retired the transportation of Leopard tanks – which are heavier warring vehicles than the Marders – to enactment Ukrainian subject forces successful the future.

Two British men person gone missing successful Ukraine, the UK Foreign Office has said. The men were named successful reports as volunteers Andrew Bagshaw and Christopher Parry. The brace were past known to person been travelling from Kramatorsk to Soledar connected 6 January, according to Sky News.

Russian troops are making different effort to beforehand connected the municipality of Soledar successful the eastbound Donbas region, according to Ukraine’s lawman defence minister, Hanna Maliar. Russian attacks successful caller days person focused connected Soledar successful an evident effort to chopped disconnected the town. The seizure of Soledar, which lies to the north-east of Bakhmut, would enactment Ukrainian forces successful the country successful information of being encircled and connection Russia a imaginable avenue of attack against that city.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said successful nightly video remarks connected Monday that Bakhmut and Soledar were holding connected contempt wide destruction. He cited caller and fiercer attacks successful Soledar, wherever helium said nary walls person been near lasting and the onshore is covered with Russian corpses. “Thanks to the resilience of our soldiers successful Soledar, we person won for Ukraine further clip and further strength,” Zelenskiy said.

Ukraine is reinforcing its positions astir Bakhmut successful the eastbound Donbas region, aft days of relentless assaults by Russian forces spearheaded by the Wagner mercenary group. Bakhmut and Soledar person been the absorption of aggravated efforts by Moscow to marque advancement successful an country wherever Russian forces person been trying desperately to beforehand since aboriginal summer.

Two women person been killed and six radical injured, including a 10-year-old girl, aft a Russian rocket onslaught connected a marketplace successful a colony successful eastbound Ukraine connected Monday morning, officials said. A 60-year-old was among 2 women killed aft the rocket slammed into the colony market successful Shevchenkove, astir 80km (50 miles) south-east of the metropolis of Kharkiv, determination prosecutors said.

Strong doubts person emerged implicit Russian claims to person killed 600 Ukrainian soldiers successful barracks successful Kramatorsk. Journalists visiting the metropolis were incapable to find grounds of large-scale casualties. However, the Kremlin said it was confident its defence ministry was close when it said 600 Ukrainian work unit had been “destroyed” successful the attack.

The Kremlin has rejected a Ukrainian assertion that a elder Russian authoritative has been floating the thought of a imaginable bid woody with European officials. Oleksiy Danilov, caput of Ukraine’s nationalist information and defence council, told the country’s nationalist broadcaster connected Thursday that Dmitry Kozak, lawman caput of Russia’s statesmanlike administration, had been holding meetings with European officials successful an effort to unit Kyiv to motion what helium characterised arsenic an unfavourable bid deal.

Italy volition not marque a determination connected supplying caller arms to Ukraine until adjacent month, according to a report. Italian premier curate Giorgia Meloni faces absorption to the support of a decree to nonstop arms to Ukraine from her allies Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi, la Repubblica reported, arsenic good arsenic issues implicit outgo considerations and subject shortages.

China’s recently appointed overseas minister, Qin Gang, spoke with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, to sermon the “crisis” successful Ukraine, the Chinese overseas ministry said. The ministry said Qin called for efforts to peacefully settee the situation successful Ukraine.

Ukraine’s quality rights commissioner volition conscionable his Russian counterpart for talks successful Turkey this week, quality agencies from some countries reported. Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russian commissioner, was quoted by Interfax quality bureau arsenic saying that the gathering with Ukraine’s Dmytro Lubinets volition instrumentality spot during an planetary forum successful Turkey betwixt Thursday and Saturday. Talks are likely to see the anticipation of further exchanges of prisoners of war.