Russia-Ukraine war live: Red Cross confirms three of its staff killed as Zelenskiy blames Russia

Although Zelenskiy posted on social media that Russia was to blame, the ICRC statement did not apportion blame to any party

Antony Blinken and David Lammy's joint trip to Kyiv, to be followed by Keir Starmer's trip to Washington DC to see Joe Biden on Friday, has inevitably lifted expectations that Ukraine will shortly be given permission to fire Anglo-French Storm Shadow and US Atacms missiles, which have a range of 190 miles plus, into Russia.

There are no shortage of risks. Allowing Ukraine to fire western-made weapons deep into Russia could have a dramatic political impact on the course of a war mired in a grim, attritional slog that appears to be favouring Moscow, whose forces are bearing down on the strategic town of Pokrovsk.