This blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Thursday, May 11.
This blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Thursday, May 11.
- Britain is donating Storm Shadow missiles, which have a range of more than 250km (155 miles), to Ukraine. The weapons “are now going into or are in the country itself”, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace tells lawmakers.
- Launching a counteroffensive now would be “unacceptable” and risk lives, says President Zelenskyy, adding that Kyiv is waiting for more Western armoured vehicles to arrive to begin its assault.
- A former Russian teacher has been sentenced to five and a half years in a penal colony for remarks he made online about President Vladimir Putin and Russian “fascism” in Ukraine, according to reports.
- Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin warns the “worst of all expected scenarios” are unfolding in Bakhmut, as he blames Russian army troops for failing to guard captured territory. Earlier, Ukraine claimed an advance in its eastern city levelled by months of fighting.
(Al Jazeera)