Five British prisoners captured in Ukraine released after Putin’s threats

Vladimir Putin went on Russian TV to call-up three hundred thousand reservists to fight in Ukraine.

Accusing the West of nuclear blackmail he warned he wasn’t bluffing when he said he had “lots of weapons to reply.”

At the United Nations President Biden said  the threat was reckless and we’ll have the latest from New York in a moment.

But first, within the last hour, Liz Truss has revealed five British prisoners captured in Ukraine have been released.

Our International Editor Lindsey Hilsum is in Kharkhiv.