2 hours ago The Guardian view on North Koreans in Ukraine: a Russian war is using foreign labour | Editorial

Moscow is relying on soldiers and workers enlisted from abroad to keep its war goingAround 1 million soldiers are believed to have been killed or wounded in Russia’s war in Ukraine. In addition to the vast Ukrainian civilian and military toll, average Russian casualties reportedly rose to a new height of more than 1,200 soldiers a day in September. Russia has four times as many men, but a war described by its own fighters as a “meat grinder” is rapidly diminishing the ranks, and using conscripts has a political cost. On some estimates, seven times more Russian soldiers have died since the invasion than Soviet troops died in Afghanistan in a decade.Valerii Zaluzhnyi, formerly Ukraine’s commander in chief and now its ambassador to the UK, remarked recently that in war “the only thing that...

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2 hours ago Russia only country waging war in Europe, says Healey, after ‘proxy war’ claim

The Defence Secretary rejected the Russian ambassador’s claim the UK was waging a ‘proxy war’ against Moscow in Ukraine.

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6 hours ago UK is 'waging' war against Russia by giving weapons to Ukraine, ambassador says

His comments come as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has presented world leaders with a victory plan to try and end the conflict, which is widely condemned by international governments as having been caused by Russia's illegal invasion

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7 hours ago UK is ‘waging’ war against Russia by giving weapons to Ukraine, ambassador says

Andrei Kelin, Russia’s ambassador to the UK, told the BBC: ‘I think you are aggressive and waging a proxy war against Russia.’

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32 hours ago Moment Ukraine prisoners of war are reunited with families as 190 freed

President Zelensky has shared footage of the moment Ukrainian prisoners of war were reunited with their families.

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35 hours ago Watch: G7 defence ministers meet in Naples amid Middle East tensions and Ukraine crisis

G7 ministers are arriving in Naples for a defence summit today (19 October), amid rising global tensions.

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35 hours ago Thousands of North Korean soldiers in Russia on way to war in Ukraine with fake IDs

South Korea's National Intelligence Service said in a statement that Russian navy ships transferred 1,500 North Korean special operation forces to the Russian port city of Vladivostok from October 8 to October 13

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37 hours ago Watch live: G7 defence ministers meet in Naples amid Middle East tensions and Ukraine crisis

G7 ministers are arriving in Naples for a defence summit today (19 October), amid rising global tensions.

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41 hours ago Ukraine war briefing: Moscow and Kyiv exchange 190 PoWs with United Arab Emirates mediating

Ukrainian soldiers embraced by loved ones after release; Pokrovsk residents urged to evacuate amid Russian advance in east. What we know on day 969See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage Continue reading...

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