Russian invasion The world's response

British missile without American components could reach Ukraine this year

Great Britain has unveiled a new prototype of a long-range missile that is manufactured entirely without American components, reports the Financial Times.

According to a government source with insight, the missile could be in Ukraine's arsenal before the end of the year.

The companies behind the missile have deliberately developed it without American components in accordance with requirements from the British Ministry of Defense. The aim is to avoid American restrictions and influence over exports and use.

The issue has previously been, and still is, sensitive for Ukraine regarding whether foreign missile systems may be exported to the country and used against targets inside Russia.

As a result, the Ukrainian defense industry has developed its own alternatives, including the "Flamingo" missile. 

Zelensky's ultimatum: Belarus has a week

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is giving Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko a week to shut down communications equipment that Ukraine says is being used to help Russia carry out attacks from Belarusian territory.

If Belarus does not act, Ukraine will do it itself, Zelensky warns, according to the Kyiv Independent.

- Every day our civilians are dying because of this. If he does not shut it down, we will, says Zelensky.

He also says that since the start of the full-scale invasion, Russia has been using Belarus to carry out attacks on Ukraine, including missile attacks.

- If Lukashenko says he does not want to be part of the war, he should be honest, at least with his own people. It is not just him who can be drawn into the war - Russia can draw all of Belarus into it.

Russian invasion The fighting
Zelenskyj warns of large-scale Russian attack

Russia is preparing large-scale attacks on Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj warns of this, reports Kyiv Independent.

– Tonight and in the coming hours we must pay extra attention to the air raid sirens. Russia has prepared for a large-scale attack, says Zelenskyj.

The warning comes days after the Ukrainian attacks on Moscow, for which the Kremlin has promised revenge.

400 “ghost soldiers” are sent to the Ukrainian front

400 “ghost soldiers” are on their way to the Ukrainian front, writes Norwegian TV2.

There is a company in Denmark that manufactures dolls that are supposed to depict soldiers with body armor. But above all, they have a built-in heating element set to 37 degrees, to look human in thermal vision.

The idea is to trick the Russian soldiers into shooting at the dolls instead of Ukrainian soldiers.

“They can help mislead the enemy into believing that there is a major offensive going on somewhere,” Martin Thisted Larsen, co-owner of Scandic Defence, tells the channel.

But more dolls will be needed. The Ukrainian intelligence service believes that they will all be bombed within two to three days.