Ukraine calls on the West to scale up significantly its supply of the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), an advanced multiple rocket launcher, to resist Russian advances in its territory.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has marked the country’s National Unity Day with a visit to Crimea, saying the region will always be a part of Russia.

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) says it has arrested a serviceman from the country’s Black Sea Fleet in the Crimean city of Sevastopol over suspected espionage for Ukraine.