Ukrainian leaders have warned that the fighting in the Donbas is expected to be brutal and resemble the battles of World War II.
Highlights
- Rocket attack kills at least 50 people and injures more than 80, local authorities say.
- Thousands of civilians waiting at train stations in Ukraine’s east to evacuate as Russian strikes intensify.
- Moscow denies targeting civilians despite well-documented evidence to the contrary.
- NATO says it would warmly welcome Finland to the alliance if it were to join the U.K.
- If Finland joins the alliance, it would be the first member of NATO to join forces in the Baltic Sea Sea of Balti region of Latvia.
- Russia has suffered “significant losses” of its troops, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov tells Sky News in an interview with Sky News, that Russia had suffered significant losses.