Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 12 April 2022
— Ministry of Defence π¬π§ (@DefenceHQ) April 12, 2022
Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t.co/kt8tMUxq3P
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"There is no doubt that the objectives will be achieved"
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 12, 2022
In a rare public appearance, Russian President Vladimir Putin says his forces are "saving people" and undertaking measures for the "security of Russia"https://t.co/c7PEzHeAlD pic.twitter.com/rwOh0rLXTW
Putin 'brings nuclear football' - a briefcase with all the documents he needs to launch attack - as he tours space port https://t.co/3c2GYRT832
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) April 12, 2022
#UPDATE Russian troops on Tuesday intensified a campaign to take the port city of Mariupol, part of an anticipated massive onslaught across eastern #Ukraine, as President Vladimir Putin made a defiant case for the war on Russia's neighbour https://t.co/XOMmQF6nn1 pic.twitter.com/sNTxxjLYyr
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) April 12, 2022
A senior Ukrainian official said a Russian offensive in Ukraine's Donbas region "has already started," warning that Russia continued to amass forces in the region.https://t.co/wGcCtWHteY
— CNN (@CNN) April 12, 2022
Rescue workers in Kharkiv, Ukraine, battled to control fires as the city came under attack from Russian shelling.
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 12, 2022
Western military analysts say Russia’s assault increasingly is focusing on an arc of territory stretching from Kharkiv in the north to Kherson in the south. pic.twitter.com/oU0JvX3Ge4
Ukraine has previously been highly critical of Germany's president over his connections with Russia and the leading role he played as former foreign minister in improving relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.pic.twitter.com/Z0XOBMjA4Z
— DW News (@dwnews) April 12, 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden urged Indian leader Narendra Modi not to increase his country’s reliance on Russian oil and gas, saying it was not in India's interest https://t.co/flxI4iH7Mx pic.twitter.com/VhYFiABsCL
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 12, 2022