With a number of western embassies in Kyiv being closed on Wednesday, Ukraine spent a bigget part pf the day underground. The firing of the ICB by Russia into Ukraine is not helping the Ukrainians’ nerves. Is Russia done making its statement to the western allies urging the to back off or there is more of the Russian statement to come? Such questions do not make anyone have a good night sleep in Ukraine.
Last night was one day after firing US-supplied missiles into Russian territory, Ukraine has now also fired long-range missiles supplied by the UK into its enemy’s borders. It marks the first time that the British supplied Storm Shadow missiles were fired at targets within Russia.
Much like the previous day’s developments, today’s news came in the form of off-the-record advice (more on that in our next post).
One official announcement we did hear was earlier in the day from US President Joe Biden, who made a change to his country’s weapons policy with Ukraine, approving the use of US-made anti-personnel landmines.
These developments mark a new stage in Ukraine’s defence against Russia, which has previously said it will respond “accordingly”. Ukraine today accused it of waging “psychological warfare” after reports warned of a massive attack which has yet to materialise.
The US embassy in Kyiv was temporarily closed over such warnings, but it has since resumed services and are telling its citizens to “remain vigilant” and “be prepared to shelter in place if an air alert is announced”.
We’re soon going to be ending our live coverage for the day, however there’s plenty more to read on the matter: