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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Arpan Rai,Maryam Zakir-Hussain,Martha McHardy and Maroosha Muzaffar

Ukraine-Russia war – live: UN report says Russian military used 91 children as human shields

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British fighter jets intercept three Russian military planes flying near Nato airspace

Drone footage shows the moment a Russian troop position is completely wiped out by a bomb in a huge explosion seen miles away from the impact.

The clip (below) was published by Ukraine’s defence ministry, which did not give any further details of the drone attack, although said it was carried out by the 72nd Mechanized Brigade.

Earlier, president Vladimir Putin was accused of committing war crimes “on steroids” in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. US Republican senator Lindsey Graham also warned that the threat of the Kremlin using nuclear weapons was “real”.

Speaking at a joint press conference with Democrat senator Richard Blumenthal, he said: “Senator Blumenthal and I want to put everybody in this congress on notice that the threat of a use of a nuclear device by Russia is real and the best way to deter it is to give them clarity as to what happens if they do that - they will be in a war with NATO.”

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