Putin says Russia will welcome volunteers to fight in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has said Russia must welcome volunteers who want to fight Ukrainian forces and help them to get to combat areas.
Speaking to the Russian security council, Reuters reports that the Russian president said he supports giving arms deliveries captured from Ukraine to Russian-backed rebel regions.
In related news, Russian forces reportedly hit a psychiatric hospital in the Kharkiv region.
The Kharkiv regional governor has said that Russian forces have hit a psychiatric hospital in the region, Reuters reports.
The regional governor said the number of casualties is unknown, but that there had been 330 people at the hospital at the time of the attack.