If the information in The Times is correct, this is the first time British troops have been in Ukraine since the start of the Russian offensive war.
We gathered the key news from last night and last night in connection with the war in Ukraine.
Ukraine: Russia opened fire on evacuation buses, seven killed
Seven people were killed when Russia fired two evacuation buses carrying civilians in the Kharkiv region in eastern Ukraine, says Ukrainian ombudsman Ludmila Denisova.
Buses were on their way from the city of Starobilsk in Luhansk to the city of Dnipron.
Denisova said on Facebook that authorities are currently trying to find out the details of what happened.
In the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, the air sirens sound again at dusk.
Russia warned on Friday it would step up attacks on the Kiev neighborhood in response to Ukraine’s “nationalist regime” carrying out “terrorist attacks” on the Russian side of the border.
The Ukrainian administration denied conducting a helicopter strike alleged by Russia and accused Russia of staging the attacks to incite anti-Ukrainian hysteria in Russia.
The Times: British special forces have trained Ukrainians in the Kiev region
British SAS special forces have been training Ukrainian soldiers in the Kiev region last week and last week, writes the Times (switch to another service). Ukrainian military sources tell the newspaper about the matter.
If the information is correct, this is the first time that British troops have been in Ukraine since Russia launched a war of aggression in the country. The British Department of Defense has not confirmed the information.
According to a Ukrainian commander interviewed by the magazine, SAS troops taught Ukrainians how to use NLAW anti-tank missiles. Britain delivered missiles to Ukraine in February when the war began.
UN: People are starving to death in besieged cities
The UN’s World Food Program (WFP) is demanding access to Russian-besieged Ukrainian cities where people are starving, according to the WFP.
According to the organization, it has not been given access to the port city of Mariupol, which Russia has virtually destroyed. Ukraine has accused the Russians of trying to starve civilians trapped in the city.
WFP says it has provided food aid to 1.4 million people in Ukraine since the start of the war.
Commissioner for Human Rights of the Parliament of Ukraine Ludmila Denisovan according to 1.5 million people in Ukraine currently do not have running water.
Ukraine: The captain of the sunken Moscow ship died in the attack
The captain of the sunken Russian Moscow ship died in the attack on Ukraine on the night between Thursday and Friday, says the adviser to the Ukrainian interior minister Anton Gerašenko BBC (switch to another service) by.
The U.S. Department of Defense said on Friday that two Ukrainian Neptune missiles hit the flagship, according to data it collected.
Russia has claimed that Moscow sank as a result of a fire and ammunition explosion as well as a storm.
According to American sources, the attack claimed casualties, but the number of casualties is unknown.