Nato says it is ready to maintain its support for Ukraine in the war against Russia for years – as it happened

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More than 8,500 alleged war crimes committed by Russian troops in Ukraine are under investigation, Ukraine's prosecutor's office has said.

A total of 8,653 cases have been reported and 217 children have been confirmed to have been killed, the office added.

Unfortunately this is the type of step, the type of almost weaponising energy supplies that we had predicted that Russia could take in this conflict.

And we have been working for some time now, for months, with partners around the world to diversify natural gas supply to Europe to - in anticipation of and to also address near-term needs and replace volumes that would otherwise come from Russia."