Russia launches air attacks on Ukraine after Germany, US agree to send tanks

  WASHINGTON/BERLIN/KYIV -- Ukraine declared an air raid alert over the whole country early on Thursday and senior officials said air defenses units were shooting down incoming Russian missiles, while fighting also intensified in Bakhmut in the east. The attacks come after the United States and Germany announced plans to arm Ukraine with dozens of modern battle tanks in its fight against Russia, which denounced the decisions as an "extremely dangerous" step. "The first Russian missiles have been shot down," Andriy Yermak, head of President Volodymyr Zelensky's office said. Overnight, the military said its anti-aircraft defenses had shot down all 24 drones sent by Rus...Keep on reading: Russia launches air attacks on Ukraine after Germany, US agree to send tanks

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