9 hours ago UK's Starmer arrives in Kyiv for security talks with Zelenskyy days before Trump is sworn in

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Ukraine's capital on Thursday with a pledge to help guarantee the country’s security for a century, days before Donald Trump is sworn in as U.S. president

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11 hours ago Starmer travels to Ukraine to sign partnership deal lasting ‘for generations’

Sir Keir Starmer said the 100 Year Partnership would cement the friendship between the two countries for the next century.

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4 hours ago Russia launches drone attack on Kyiv during Sir Keir Starmer's visit to Ukrainian capital

Air raid sirens and explosions rang out minutes after Starmer laid a wreath with President Zelensky at the Wall of Memorial in central Kyiv

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11 hours ago Keir Starmer makes first trip to Ukraine as PM as he brands Putin 'strategic failure'

Keir Starmer will meet President Volodymyr Zelensky for talks on strengthening the bond between the UK and Ukraine in the face of Russia’s brutal onslaught

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12 hours ago ‘Their human resources are unlimited’: Russia’s advances signal bleak spring for Ukrainians

If Moscow’s forces manage to take all of Donetsk oblast it would be a symbolic moment for Putin – and Kyiv In an underground command post in eastern Ukraine, a Ukrainian soldier peered at a map. Russian positions were marked in red. A year ago enemy troops were at least 35 miles (60km) away from the administrative border between Donetsk oblast and the neighbouring Dnipropetrovsk region. Now they were on the doorstep: a mere 5 miles away.“The situation is pretty bad,” Valerii – call-sign “Oves” – admitted, sitting in front of a bank of screens showing live footage from the battlefield. Reconnaissance drones zoomed in on Russian positions under a snowy tree-line. “If a mouse moves, we can see it,” he said. His brigade, the 110th, spent a year and a half defending the eastern city of Avdiivka. It fell in February 2024 after a long and brutal siege. Continue reading...

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7 hours ago Putin is willing to kill innocent civilians in airline terror atrocities against the West with Europe warned to expect surge in attacks 'soon', expert warns

The Kremlin has been accused of orchestrating attacks on European soil as retribution for the West's broad backing of Ukraine against Russia 's full-scale invasion

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19 hours ago Chilling reason Putin's troops in Ukraine face could be forced to donate sperm

The Public Chamber, a Kremlin advisory body, has demanded the establishment of a military sperm bank to help boost Russia's flagging population as the war in Ukraine rages on

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7 hours ago Russia is willing to cause mass casualties in 'hidden war' with the West and Europe should expect surge in terror attacks soon, expert says as Polish leader warns of threat to airlines

The Kremlin has been accused of orchestrating attacks on European soil as retribution for the West's broad backing of Ukraine against Russia 's full-scale invasion

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28 hours ago Europe must take responsibility for its own security, says Polish minister

‘Very difficult time’ anticipated as Poland takes over EU presidency against backdrop of geopolitical uncertaintyEurope must “take responsibility” for its own security, Poland has told its fellow EU member states, as Warsaw takes over the rotating presidency of the bloc at a time of increasing geopolitical uncertainty.Poland has started its six-month presidency as Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House having promised to bring a negotiated end to Russia’s war in neighbouring Ukraine and threatened to seize Greenland using military force. Continue reading...

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15 hours ago Ukraine war briefing: US House speaker dumps key Ukraine backer Mike Turner

Mike Johnson removes his fellow Republican as chair of powerful intelligence committee; Poland says Europe must take care of itself. What we know on day 1,058Mike Johnson, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, on Wednesday removed his fellow Republican Mike Turner, a vocal supporter of assistance for Ukraine, as chairman of the powerful House intelligence committee. Johnson, who has aligned himself closely with Trump, said he would soon announce a new chair because the “intelligence community and everything related to [the committee] needs a fresh start”. Turner’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Meanwhile, US president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said the new administration would seek “bold diplomacy” to end the war. “There will have to be concessions made by the Russian Federation, but also by the Ukrainians,” he said.Russia launched missiles and drones at Ukrainian energy facilities on Wednesday, one day a...

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38 hours ago Australia's prime minister demands Russia explain what happened to Australian POW

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will take the “strongest action possible” if Russia has harmed an Australian who was taken prisoner while fighting for Ukraine

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24 hours ago Polish PM Donald Tusk accuses Russia of planning acts of terrorism against airlines around the world

It comes as Russia launched a major ballistic and cruise missile attack across Ukraine, targeting energy infrastructure

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30 hours ago Nato jets scrambled as Russia launches massive aerial strike on Ukraine

Putin’s air force pounded critical infrastructure facilities close to the Polish border

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32 hours ago It is 'inevitable' that Russia will strike Britain 'and wipe it off the earth' with missiles in revenge for Storm Shadow attacks, Putin hardliner MP warns

Andrey Gurulev, a reservist general and pro-Putin MP, insisted that the Kremlin would avenge the Ukrainian use of British Storm Shadow missiles against Russia

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