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US embassy in Kyiv was closed yesterday was \u2018related to ongoing threats of air attacks\u2019
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The US<\/a> embassy in Kyiv<\/a> will resume normal operations today after it was shut down yesterday due to threat <\/a>of a significant air attack.
This follows Ukraine<\/a> firing American longer-range ATACMS missiles<\/a> to strike inside Russia<\/a> after US president Joe Biden<\/a> removed restrictions after months of pressure from Kyiv.
A US government source said the embassy closure yesterday was \u201crelated to ongoing threats of air attacks\u201d. The Italian and Greek embassies said they too had closed their doors, while the French embassy remained open but urged its citizens to be cautious.
This comes as Ukraine<\/a> has fired British long-range Storm Shadow missiles<\/a> into Russia for the first time, The Independent <\/em>understands, as momentum builds<\/a> in the West\u2019s military support for Kyiv\u2019s war effort<\/a>.
The British-made missile \u2013 which Kyiv has been lobbying <\/a>to use beyond Russia\u2019s borders<\/a> for months \u2013 was fired at Russia on Wednesday, with images published by Russian military bloggers purporting to show Storm Shadow fragments in Russia\u2019s Kursk region, beyond Ukraine\u2019s northeastern border.
The US also announced yesterday it would allow Ukrainian military to use anti-personnel landmines, as it seeks to slow down Russian advances.
North Korea<\/a> sent more artillery systems to Russia<\/a> in a recent shipment of conventional arms<\/a>, South Korea\u2019s spy agency told lawmakers on Wednesday.
Pyongyang exported 170mm self-propelled guns <\/a>and 240mm multiple rocket launch systems to aid the Russian war effort in Ukraine<\/a>, the National Intelligence Service said in a briefing, according to lawmaker Lee Seong-kweun who was in attendance.
According to a Ukrainian intelligence assessment from Saturday, Russia received around 50 self-propelled howitzers and 20 multiple launch rocket systems from North Korea.
South Korean spy agency says Pyongyang exported 170mm self-propelled guns and 240mm multiple rocket launch systems
The damage of two undersea internet cables in the Baltic sea must be seen as an act of sabotage, German defence minister Boris Pistorius has said.
A pair of fibre-optic communications cables were severed on Sunday and Monday, in an incident which \u201cimmediately raises suspicions of intentional damage\u201d, Finland and Germany said in a joint statement.
A 745-mile (1,200 kilometre) cable linking Helsinki to the German port of Rostock stopped working at 2am on Monday, according to Finnish state-controlled cyber security and telecoms company Cinia.
Another cable linking Lithuania and Sweden\u2019s Gotland Island went out of service at 8am on Monday, according to a Lithuanian communications firm.
My colleague <\/em>Alex Croft <\/em><\/strong>has the full report:<\/em>
Two cables were cut, which connect Germany to Finland and Lithuania to Sweden
The US decision to provide Ukraine<\/a> with antipersonnel land mines expands the use of a weapon that the international community has long condemned because of its danger to innocent civilians. And it reflects another in a long line of American policy shifts on the controversial issue in the past 30 years.
US officials say the mines are needed to help Ukraine stall Russian progress on the battlefield, where Moscow\u2019<\/a>s forces are moving in smaller ground units on the frontlines rather than in more heavily protected armored vehicles.
The defence department<\/a> has been providing Ukraine with anti-tank mines throughout the war. Defence secretary Lloyd Austin<\/a> said the new policy will give Ukraine \u201cnonpersistent antipersonnel land mines\u201d that are safer because they lose the ability to detonate over time.
The US decision to provide Ukraine with antipersonnel land mines expands the use of a weapon that the international community has long condemned because of its danger to innocent civilians
Air raid alarms continued to blare in Ukraine yesterday in the war-hit country, sending people into shelter zones. The fears grew after the US embassy in Kyiv warned of a \u201cpotential significant air attack\u201d and shuttered its doors yesterday, following Russia\u2019s vow to respond after Ukraine fired longer-range US missiles at its territory for the first time.
Asked about Joe Biden\u2019s decision on using US long-range missiles, a Ukrainian colonel \u2013 with close links to the army\u2019s top brass \u2013 told The Independent<\/em>: \u201cHopefully we will be able to upset Russia\u2019s plans by inflicting a lot of damage on troop concentrations and arms depots.\u201d
He added: \u201cIt\u2019s better late than never and a positive development.
\u201cBut a key issue is how many ATACMS will the US provide? The US can [also] programme the range the missiles can fly \u2013 so another important step is what distance they will allow the missiles to strike.\u201d
Askold Krushelnycky <\/em><\/strong>has more details: <\/em>
Askold Krushelnycky speaks to a colonel who says Kyiv\u2019s forces need to inflict as much pain on Vladimir Putin\u2019s army as quickly as they can
The US embassy in Kyiv will resume normal operations today after it had shut for the day yesterday due to threat of a significant air attack. A day earlier, the US had given nod to Kyiv to fire US\u2019s ATACMS missiles to strike inside Russia.
Russia had described the strike by US missiles on an ammunition depot in Bryansk as an escalation in the 1,000-day-old war, while Ukraine\u2018s military spy agency said Russia was trying to sow panic by circulating fake online messages about a looming missile and drone attack.
\u201c@USEmbassyKyiv has resumed services following a temporary shelter-in-place suspension earlier today,\u201d US ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink wrote on X.
\u201cWe continue to encourage US citizens to remain vigilant, monitor official Ukrainian sources for updates, and be prepared to shelter in place if an air alert is announced.\u201d
The US State Department had earlier said it expected the Kyiv embassy to resume normal operations today.
The initial State Department statement on the embassy\u2019s website said the embassy would be closed \u201cout of an abundance of caution\u201d. Embassy employees, it said, were being instructed to \u201cshelter in place\u201d.
\u201cThe US Embassy recommends US citizens be prepared to immediately shelter in the event an air alert is announced.\u201d
The Kremlin said it had no comment.
A US government source said the embassy closure was \u201crelated to ongoing threats of air attacks\u201d. The Italian and Greek embassies said they too had closed their doors. The French embassy remained open but urged its citizens to be cautious.
Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged the Crimea peninsula, illegally annexed by Russia in 2014, would have to be restored to Ukrainian sovereignty through diplomacy.
Mr Zelensky, interviewed by Fox News on a train in Ukraine and broadcast yesterday, said his country could not afford to lose the number of lives that would be required to retake Crimea through military means.
He again rejected any notion of ceding any territory already occupied by Moscow\u2019s forces, saying Ukraine \u201ccannot legally acknowledge any occupied territory of Ukraine as Russian.\u201d
\u201cI was already mentioning that we are ready to bring Crimea back diplomatically,\u201d Mr Zelensky told Fox News through an interpreter.
\u201cWe cannot spend dozens of thousands of our people so that they perish for the sake of Crimea coming backa… and still it\u2019s not a fact that we can bring it back with the arms in our hands. We understand that Crimea can be brought back diplomatically.\u201d
Vladimir Putin\u2019s foreign minister issued a chilling warning after Ukraine launched US-made missiles over the border on Tuesday, my colleague <\/em>Holly Patrick <\/em><\/strong>reports<\/em><\/a>.
On the sidelines of the G20 summit, Sergei Lavrov said: \u201cIf long-range missiles are going to be applied from Ukraine into Russian territory, it will also mean that they are operated by American military experts and we will be taking this as a qualitatively new phase of the Western war against Russia and will react accordingly.\u201d
The UK government\u2019s decision to axe two former Royal Navy flagships, a frigate and 14 Chinook helicopters shows \u201cjust how tight resources must be\u201d in the Ministry of Defence, an analyst has said.
Matthew Savill, military sciences director at RUSI, the world\u2019s oldest defence think-tank, said: “These are mostly capabilities that are approaching retirement anyway, have been at low levels of readiness or aren\u2019t worth further refits or investment.
\u201cBut the fact that Defence either can\u2019t crew them, or is prepared to cut them to make very modest savings over five years in the current international environment is an indication of just how tight resources must be in the MOD right now.
\u201cIn particular, the Defence Review will be under pressure to set out the future role of the Royal Marines; how the Navy will bring into service and sustain more escorts, which are the workhorses of the fleet; and the impact upon helicopter capacity and procurement.\u201d
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