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UK to ship more missiles to Ukraine in bid to stop Russian tanks and aircraft
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk...-aircraft/
INTRO: The UK said on Wednesday it would send more missile systems to Ukrainian forces to help them stop Russian tanks and aircraft, even as western leaders ruled out deploying war planes to Ukraine.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said Britain had sent 3,615 anti-tank missiles to Ukraine and would continue to deliver more. “We will shortly be starting the delivery of a small consignment of anti-tank Javelin missiles as well,” he told the UK's parliament. Mr Wallace added that “in response to Ukrainian requests, the government has taken the decision to explore the donation of Starstreak high-velocity man-portable anti-air missiles".
The British Starstreak missiles are a mobile system designed to be fired by troops against helicopters and planes. “We believe that this system will remain within the definition of defensive weapons but will allow the Ukrainian force to better defend the skies,” Mr Wallace said. “I want to assure the House [of Commons] that everything we do is bound by the decisions to supply defensive systems and calibrated not to escalate to a strategic level.”
Canada will also send an additional $50 million worth of military equipment to help Ukraine in the fight against Russia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in Berlin alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz... (MORE - details)
Russia reportedly strikes Ukraine maternity hospital as health care attacks mount
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/...cks-mount/
INTRO: The World Health Organization has verified 18 Russian attacks on health care resources in Ukraine, including attacks on health care facilities, health workers, and ambulances, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a press briefing Wednesday. The verified attacks, which are all in violation of international humanitarian law, involved 10 deaths and 16 injuries.
The latest tally came as reports circulated online that Russian forces had carried out a "direct strike" on a maternity hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tweeted video footage of the wreckage, writing, "People, children are under the wreckage. Atrocity!" The footage shows a person walking through a hallway, passing room after room in ruin. The brightly colored rooms have their windows blown out, furniture destroyed, and other rubble strewn about. The video captures glimpses of flipped beds, a crib, a pink changing table, a small child-sized cot, and a trail of blood on the debris littering the floor, though no injured people are seen.
NPR noted that the Mariupol City Council also shared the footage, along with other videos, on the city's Telegram channel. One of the other videos showed a massive crater in the hospital's courtyard... (MORE - dtails)
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk...-aircraft/
INTRO: The UK said on Wednesday it would send more missile systems to Ukrainian forces to help them stop Russian tanks and aircraft, even as western leaders ruled out deploying war planes to Ukraine.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said Britain had sent 3,615 anti-tank missiles to Ukraine and would continue to deliver more. “We will shortly be starting the delivery of a small consignment of anti-tank Javelin missiles as well,” he told the UK's parliament. Mr Wallace added that “in response to Ukrainian requests, the government has taken the decision to explore the donation of Starstreak high-velocity man-portable anti-air missiles".
The British Starstreak missiles are a mobile system designed to be fired by troops against helicopters and planes. “We believe that this system will remain within the definition of defensive weapons but will allow the Ukrainian force to better defend the skies,” Mr Wallace said. “I want to assure the House [of Commons] that everything we do is bound by the decisions to supply defensive systems and calibrated not to escalate to a strategic level.”
Canada will also send an additional $50 million worth of military equipment to help Ukraine in the fight against Russia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in Berlin alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz... (MORE - details)
Russia reportedly strikes Ukraine maternity hospital as health care attacks mount
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/...cks-mount/
INTRO: The World Health Organization has verified 18 Russian attacks on health care resources in Ukraine, including attacks on health care facilities, health workers, and ambulances, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a press briefing Wednesday. The verified attacks, which are all in violation of international humanitarian law, involved 10 deaths and 16 injuries.
The latest tally came as reports circulated online that Russian forces had carried out a "direct strike" on a maternity hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tweeted video footage of the wreckage, writing, "People, children are under the wreckage. Atrocity!" The footage shows a person walking through a hallway, passing room after room in ruin. The brightly colored rooms have their windows blown out, furniture destroyed, and other rubble strewn about. The video captures glimpses of flipped beds, a crib, a pink changing table, a small child-sized cot, and a trail of blood on the debris littering the floor, though no injured people are seen.
NPR noted that the Mariupol City Council also shared the footage, along with other videos, on the city's Telegram channel. One of the other videos showed a massive crater in the hospital's courtyard... (MORE - dtails)