Ukraine war updates | As it happened
A Ukrainian serviceman of the State Border Guard Service works in a position in Bakhmut on February 9, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photograph: (AFP)
<p>In spite of its recent successes against Russian forces, Ukraine is still on the receiving end from Russian attacks. Here is how things unfolded on Friday, February 10</p>Key Updates
10 Feb 2023, 10:04 PM (IST)
Switzerland on Friday, said that it blocked Spain from sending Swiss-made anti-aircraft guns to Ukraine. This has been done in accordance with its strict military neutrality.
The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) "has rejected a request from Spain made on January 16, 2023, concerning the re-export of two 35-millimetre anti-aircraft guns originating from Switzerland," spokesman Fabian Maienfisch told AFP in an email.
10 Feb 2023, 7:16 PM (IST)
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni has again criticised France's decision to invite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Paris.
"Had I been invited to the Elysee Palace for the meeting with Zelensky, I would have advised (them) not to hold this meeting," Meloni told journalists at a press conference following the EU summit in Brussels.
"Because when it comes to Ukraine, what interests us above everything else is to give a message of unity" within the European Union, said Meloni.
10 Feb 2023, 6:24 PM (IST)
Romania has denied Ukraine claims that two Russian missiles violated Romanian airspace.
Romania detected an "aerial target launched from the Black Sea from a ship of the Russian Federation" but "at no point did it intersect with Romania's airspace," the ministry of defence said.
"The closest point of the target's trajectory from Romania's airspace was registered by the radar systems at approximately 35 kilometres (22 miles) north-east of the border," the statement added.