Overnight

• Man van in de 40 die zichzelf had verschanst in een pand 'een wapen vertoonde' voordat agenten het vuur openden, aldus de politie van Bedfordshire • Een man is doodgeschoten door de politie in Bedford nadat hij zichzelf gedurende de nacht had verschanst in een pand. • Agenten werden maandag rond 22.40 uur gebeld naar meldingen van beschadigde voertuigen en troffen een man van in de 40 aan die zich in een woning had verschanst en dreigementen uitte, zo verklaarde de politie van Bedfordshire. Lees verder...

Dnipro bore the brunt of the attacks but Odesa and Kharkiv were also targeted in largest onslaught for several daysRussian drone and missile strikes across Ukraine killed at least seven people overnight, including five in the city of Dnipro, Ukrainian local authorities have said.Reports say that at least 34 people have been injured in the strikes, which lasted “practically all night”, according to the Dnipropetrovsk regional head, Oleksandr Hanzha. The bodies of four people were found in the ruins of a house destroyed in the attacks, and workers continued to search for bodies on Saturday morning. Continue reading...

Ukrainian president says nearly 700 Russian drones and 19 ballistic missiles mostly targeted Kyiv, Odesa and DniproUkrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia “does not deserve any easing … or lifting on sanctions” after an overnight attack killed 16 and wounded 100 people in Ukraine.He said:“Russia is betting on war, and the response must be exactly that: we must defend lives with all available means, and we must also apply pressure for the sake of peace with the same full force.”There can be no normalisation of Russia as it is today. Pressure on Russia must work. Continue reading...