Strikes come after UK lifts ban on using the British-made missiles on targets in Russia; US closed embassy in capital citing risk of ‘significant air attack’
Ukraine’s military claims overnight to have shot down six cruise missiles fired at the country by Russia.
Ukraine claims in addition that intercontinental ballistic missile was fired from Russia’s Astrakhan region, which is to the south-east of Volgograd, and borders the Caspian Sea.
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