Ukraine is “adeptly exploiting” Russian forces’ “lack of manoeuvre” and inflicting heavy losses, the UK Ministry of Defence has said. In its latest intelligence update, it also said Moscow is struggling to overcome “challenges” imposed by Ukraine’s terrain. Russian troops have remained largely on the road network and have “demonstrated a reluctance to conduct off-road
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Drone footage shows the “ambush” of a Russian military convoy in Skybyn close to Kyiv. Sky News has verified the drone footage that was released by Ukraine’s military forces. For the latest developments: https://qrcode.skynews.com/skynews/ukraineblog SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us
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Retired General David Petraeus talks with Wolf Blitzer about reports that Russia has lost up to 10% of military assets used in the invasion. Russia Invades Ukraine: Live Updates https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-08-22/index.html US officials warn Russia will increasingly hit civilian targets and seek ‘slow annihilation’ of Ukraine’s military https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/02/politics/us-russia-ukraine-civilians-warning/index.html The shifting map of Ukraine makes Russia’s intentions
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10:15 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN As Vasiliy Lomachenko works to help defend Ukraine from Russia’s ongoing invasion, efforts are being made by his team to allow him to leave his native country to train for a proposed fight against undisputed lightweight champion George Kambosos, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. Lomachenko, 34, joined a territorial defense
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Legal targets for air pollution and the abundance of wild species are among proposals being set out by the government. Ministers want legally-binding targets for air quality, wildlife, water, waste reduction and resource efficiency. The proposals include annual targets for average concentrations of fine particulate matter – air pollution that can affect lung function and
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Five companies that deliberately targeted the elderly with “predatory” and “coercive” marketing calls in order to sell them unnecessary insurance have been fined more than £400,000 by the UK’s privacy watchdog. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said the businesses had been purchasing marketing data lists of people who were aged 60 and over, were homeowners,
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Tesla Insurance is about to expand in two more states, Oregon and Virginia, and the company will underwrite the policies itself for the first time. Tesla Insurance Tesla had already introduced its own insurance product in California, but it didn’t utilize real-time driving data and Tesla’s safety score, which had been its original goal. Before
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Ukraine’s President Volodomyr Zelenskyy says millions of people could die if the world does not stop the bombing of his country. Watch Sky’s Alex Crawford exclusive interview with him in full. For the latest developments: https://qrcode.skynews.com/skynews/ukraineblog SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews
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7:29 AM ET Australian Open champion Rafa Nadal said he felt sorry for Naomi Osaka after she was rattled by a heckler during her second-round loss on Saturday night at Indian Wells, but added that tennis players needed to be ready to deal with adversities. Osaka, who sparked a conversation about mental health in sports
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Middlesbrough Football Club has called Chelsea’s request to play the quarter-final tie behind closed doors as “bizarre and without merit whatsoever”. Chelsea asked for the tie at Middlesbrough’s Riverside Stadium on 19 March to be played behind closed doors after government sanctions against Roman Abramovich meant it is unable to sell new tickets to home
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British-Iranian nationals Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori are heading to Tehran airport ahead of leaving the country, their lawyer has said. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a charity worker from Hampstead, northwest London, had been detained since her arrest in 2016 on charges of plotting to overthrow the Iranian government, which she denies. Her release comes after her
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Tesla has implemented big price increases throughout its entire vehicle lineup in an overnight update to its online configurator. Its cheapest electric car, Model 3, now starts at $47,000. We suspected it was coming after Elon Musk announced on Twitter that both Tesla and SpaceX were seeing significant inflation, but big prices increases on Tesla
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Just outside Kyiv, the town of Irpin has endured another day of sustained shelling by Russian forces. Sky News has spoken to families fleeing their home who say they were targeted. One said ‘they are shooting at schools and hospitals – all the time.’ Sky’s Special Correspondent Alex Crawford reports. For the latest developments: https://qrcode.skynews.com/skynews/ukraineblog
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