News Snapshot:
Blasts were heard at Russia’s Engels airbase hundreds of miles from frontlines in Ukraine, Ukrainian and Russian media outlets reported early on Monday. The RBC-Ukraine news agency reported that two explosions took place. The Russian news outlet Baza, citing local residents, said air raid sirens were wailing and an explosion was heard. The Guardian was not been able to immediately verify the reports. The airbase, near the city of Saratov, is about 730km (450 miles) south-east of Moscow. Vladimir Putin has said the west is trying to “tear apart” Russia and claimed his offensive in Ukraine aims to “unite the...
