LIVE War in Ukraine – day 770: Over 100,000 Russians have signed contracts to join the army in 2024 / Zelenskiy says Ukraine will push deeper into Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law on Tuesday that provides for the reduction of the age of mobilization in the army from 27 to 25 years. Mobilization has been an issue that has divided a nation exhausted by more than two years of war with Russia, which has seen huge military losses. But the move comes as Ukraine is running out of soldiers to fight the Russian invasion, now in its third year. The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced that more than 100,000 people have signed contracts to join the army in 2024.

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09:14FRussian forces launched three S-300 guided anti-aircraft missiles and four Shahed attack drones over Ukraine overnight, the Air Force announced on Wednesday, according to The Kyiv Independent.

Ukrainian air defense units successfully intercepted the four Russian drones.

According to the Air Force, the drones were launched from Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Russia.

08:40More than 100,000 people signed up for contract military service in the Russian armed forces this year, the Ministry of Defense announced in a statement, Reuters reports.

He said that in the past week, most of those who signed up said they wanted to avenge the victims of the March 22 concert hall attack near Moscow, which killed at least 144 people.

The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility, but Russia says the perpetrators had ties to Ukraine, which Kiev has repeatedly denied.

Brief recap of recent events:

• Zelenskiy says Ukraine offers “longer-range responses” to Russian attacks.
• Report. ‘I wanted to get home quickly and wash with hot water’: What Ukrainian lawyers appointed to defend Russian war crimes suspects say.
• Russia has appointed a new commander to lead its Black Sea fleet, Sergei Pinciuk, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Tuesday, as Ukraine recorded a series of successes in the area, despite Moscow’s numerical advantage.
• Vladimir Putin is calling for a “radical” change in immigration policy in Russia after the terrorist attack in Moscow.
• Russia’s plan to rapidly expand exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) is stalling because of US sanctions, which are delaying deliveries from a major new project.
• Russian attack on the city of Dnipro: at least 18 injured.
• Belarus wants peace, but is preparing for war, says Aleksandr Lukashenko.
• Forbes: Russian oligarchs got richer last year by 72 billion dollars.
• Russia accused International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach on Tuesday of participating in a “conspiracy” with Ukraine to exclude its most valuable athletes from this year’s Paris Olympics.

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