Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv says nine Russian planes destroyed in past 24 hours – as it happened
The claim by Ukraine's general staff of the armed forces comes after widely reported explosions at Russia's Saki air base. This live blog is now closed
Ukrainian officials are reporting that 11 people were killed and 13 wounded by Russian shelling in the Nikopol district in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region overnight.
Residential homes were reportedly damaged in the attack and as many as 1,000 people are without gas, the regional regional military administration said.
Russia likely plans to resource a large proportion of 3 AC from newly formed volunteer' battalions, which are being raised across the country, and which group together recruits from the same areas.
Russian regional politicians have confirmed that potential 3 AC recruits are being offered lucrative cash bonuses once they deploy to Ukraine.
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