Radoslaw Sikorski, speaking in London, urges drone wall and three-year plan to back Ukraine; Odesa mayor’s ‘citizenship suspended’. What we know on day 1,330
Russian could strike “deep into Europe”, Poland’s foreign minister warned in London as he unveiled a Russian-flown Shahed-136 drone downed in Ukraine. Radoslaw Sikorski said it would be “irresponsible” not to build defences such as a “drone wall” on Europe’s eastern flank and said he hoped the US would supply long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine for strikes into Russia. Sikorski urged Europe to also plan to support Ukraine for three more years. “The Ukrainians are planning this war for three years, which is prudent,” he said. “And we need to convince Putin that we are ready to stay the course for at least those three years.”
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has suspended the Ukrainian citizenship of Odesa’s mayor, Gennadiy Trukhanov, over allegations he possessed a Russian passport, according to Ukraine’s SBU security service. The SBU accused the mayor of having Russian citizenship and “possessing a valid international passport from the aggressor country”. Trukhanov, a former MP and Odesa’s mayor since 2014, has consistently denied the accusations. Revoking his citizenship would effectively oust him from his post. “I have never received a Russian passport. I am a Ukrainian citizen,” Trukhanov said in a video message posted on Telegram, adding he would “continue to perform the duties of elected mayor” as long as possible and take the case to court.
