Ukrainian forces reach Russian border – as it happened
Finland and Sweden confirm intention to join Nato, prompted by Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Croatia's foreign minister has said talks between Turkey and Finland and Sweden over its concerns regarding the latter two nations' wish to join Nato were on the right track after all three met, Reuters reports.
Gordan Grli-Radman said:
Discussions are on a good track and we hope we will have a good outcome today to show solidarity and speak with one voice.
Shot after shot pounded into the Russian missile battery hidden by the lighthouse on Snake Island, a Black Sea rock 22 miles (35km) from the Ukrainian coast. The edited video, released by the Ukrainian military, showed the strike and its aftermath - all taken from a Turkish-designed Bayraktar TB2 drone.
Until then, evidence of the TB2 - a remotely piloted killer drone with a range of up to 190 miles - had largely disappeared from the conflict. The assumption was that the two dozen or so that Ukraine had bought from Turkey had been shot down and Ankara, not wanting to upset Russia, had declined to supply more.
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