Putin’s Missile Threat To Boris, Germany Slams “Bidding War” Over Jets

Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Kherson and Kharkiv regions killed four people on Jan. 29, claim Ukrainian officials. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Russian army has been shelling Kherson atrociously all day. Zelensky said that the situation at the front was "very tough," with the Donetsk region coming under constant Russian attacks. Ukraine said that its forces have killed over 490 Russian soldiers in the last 24 hours. Pro-Russian officials claim that a Ukrainian strike on a bridge in the Zaporizhzhia region killed four people and injured four others. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ruled out sending fighter jets to Ukraine, just days after committing to supply tanks. NATO's Military Committee chairman Rob Bauer has said that the alliance is ready for a “direct confrontation” with Russia. Former UK PM Boris Johnson has said that Putin threatened him with a missile strike in a phone call in the run-up to Russia's invasion. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Ankara could accept Finland into NATO without its Nordic neighbour Sweden. A 19-year-old teenager from Russia’s Arkhangelsk region is under house arrest for criticising the Ukraine war.