Ammunition lined up to be sent to Vladimir Putin’s troops was engraved with messages honoring Her Majesty, written in both Ukrainian and English. Writing on the side of one shell read ‘RIP Queen Elizabeth II’ while another said ‘keep calm and carry on’, a reference to the 1939 World War Two motivational poster. In other cases of ammunition, Ukrainian troops have written messages such as “glory to the queen” and one simply said “Elizabeth”. A soldier, who said he was a Ukrainian gunner in the Kiev Air Assault Brigade, posted the photos on Twitter. At the same time, he wrote: “The sincere gratitude and respect of the Ukrainian artillery men to the worthy leader of a great nation,” he wrote, posting the photos of the bombs. The tributes were also written in Ukrainian (Twitter/@denintern) Queen Elizabeth died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Thursday, September 8 at the age of 96. A statement from Buckingham Palace released on Thursday evening read: “The Queen passed away peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. “The King and Queen will remain at Balmoral this evening and return to London tomorrow.” Charles has now become King Charles III with Camilla becoming Queen Consort. King Charles III will be officially crowned monarch during a Council of Accession ceremony today (Saturday 10 September). The new monarch will not attend the ceremony at the State Apartments of St James’s Palace and will only join in after he is proclaimed monarch, at 10am, to hold his first meeting of the Privy Council. The historic event comes after Charles III addressed the nation yesterday and paid tribute to his ‘beloved mum’ the Queen, who died on Thursday afternoon at Balmoral. “We owe her the sincerest debt any family can owe to their mother. for her love, affection, guidance, understanding and example,” he said. The King pledged a lifetime of service as the new sovereign, as did the Queen, saying: “This promise of lifelong service I renew to you all today.” Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II 1955 AP Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II AP1969 Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II AP1958 Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II 1940 AP Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II 1937 AP Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II 1927 AP Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II AP1937 He announced that he had made his son William the Prince of Wales, with Kate the Princess of Wales. In an emotional message, he also expressed his “love for Harry and Meghan as they continue to build their lives abroad.” It comes as President Zelensky said Ukrainian troops had “liberated dozens of settlements” in the past week, including 385 square miles of territory in the east and south. He said Ukraine captured the eastern city of Balakliia, located just south of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city. Ukrainian troops said they had advanced almost 30 miles through the section, making it the fastest advance of the war since Russia was forced to abandon its failed offensive on Kyiv in March. But shelling destroyed electricity infrastructure in the Ukrainian city of Enerhodar, home to staff operating the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, posing a growing threat to the plant, the UN nuclear watchdog said on Friday. Power lines away from the plant, vital lines of defense against a possible nuclear meltdown, have already been cut, and the shelling of Enerhodar has caused a sustained blackout there. That prompted Ukraine to say it may have to shut down the last active reactor providing power to Zaporizhia, including cooling systems for the plant’s nuclear fuel. Ukraine and Russia accuse each other of shelling near Zaporizhia in southern Ukraine and within the perimeter of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which has six reactors. “This is an unsustainable situation and is becoming increasingly precarious. Enerhodar has gone dark. The power plant has no off-site power. And we have seen that as soon as the infrastructure is repaired, it is destroyed once again,” International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi said in a statement. Grossi this week called for the creation of a “nuclear safety and security protection zone” around Zaporizhia, repeating his call on Friday.
