In the UK, the deputy prime minister, Dominic Raab, said the UK would stand “shoulder to shoulder” with Poland over energy blackmail. Russian forces have established control over the town of Zarichne after storming the settlement of Yampil, the Ukrainian military has said in its latest operational report as of 6am today. Russian forces were again attacking the huge Azovstal steel plant where fighters and some civilians are holed up in the southern city of Mariupol, an aide to the city’s mayor said. Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak described explosions heard in three Russian provinces bordering Ukraine as “karma” and payback for the war in Ukraine. The interior ministry of Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria has issued a statement this morning claiming it came under attack from Ukraine.

Source: The Guardian April 27, 2022 11:31 UTC