Ukraine news LATEST: Putin lets sex offenders join Kremlin army, as Kyiv warns Iran over Russian drone supplies

THE RUSSIAN dictator has signed a law, allowing serious offenders to sign up the join his army, in it’s invasion of Ukraine. It is claimed by the Kremlin that its forces have already mobilised an additional 18,000 soldiers above its goal of 300,000, as President Putin allows sex criminals to join its army. Kyiv sent a warning to Iran, after Tehran officials admitted that it had allowed supplies of kamikaze drones to be given to Russia: “We provided a limited number of drones to Russia many months prior to the Ukraine war,” Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said. In response, President Zelensky‘s spokes person, Oleg Nikolenko, condemned Iran: “Tehran should realise that the consequences of complicity in the crimes of the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine will be much greater than the benefit of Russia’s support.” It has also been reported that a judge, who sentenced Brits to death in Ukraine, is in a “serious condition” after an assassination attempt. Alexander Nikulin was shot in Vuhlehirsk, Donestsk. Russian police are working to locate his “attackers”. Read our Ukraine-Russia live blog below for the latest updates…