21 minutes ago If Putin attacks, London might be covered but the rest of Britain is defenceless if the missiles start raining down, writes ED LUCAS

EDWARD LUCAS: Yesterday, the Russian dictator denied claims that Moscow had launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.

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35 minutes ago Watch: Defence secretary John Healey faces MPs as Ukraine fires British missiles at Russia for first time

Watch as defence secretary John Healey faced MPs on Thursday (21 November) after Ukraine fired British missiles at Russia for the first time.

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70 minutes ago North Korean general is wounded in Ukrainian strike inside Russia's Kursk region, it is revealed

Western officials confirmed that a high-ranking military officer from North Korea had become a casualty of the war in Ukraine for the first time yesterday, with 10,000 troops in Russia

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2 hours ago Putin’s missile attack threat on UK is 'bluster' and won't undermine support for Ukraine, says Yvette Cooper

Putin made the threat after Ukraine fired UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles into Russia

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4 hours ago Vladimir Putin threatens UK with new ballistic missile as Ukraine war escalates

The UK Government confirmed that Russia had, for the first time, used a ballistic missile with a range of ‘several thousand’ kilometres

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5 hours ago Russian ballistic missile attack a ‘severe escalation’, says Zelenskyy

Ukrainian president appeals for tough global response, as Nato accuses Vladimir Putin of trying to intimidate Kyiv’s alliesSee all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageVolodymyr Zelenskyy said the use of an experimental ballistic missile by Russia amounted to “a clear and severe escalation” in the war and called for strong worldwide condemnation, as Nato accused Vladimir Putin of seeking to “terrorise” civilians and intimidate Ukraine’s allies.Nato spokesperson Farah Dakhlallah said: “Deploying this capability will neither change the course of the conflict nor deter Nato allies from supporting Ukraine.” Continue reading...

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11 hours ago 'He is testing you': Volodymyr Zelensky says world 'must respond' after Putin boasted about new missile and declared the UK is now 'directly involved' in war

Vladimir Putin must feel the cost of his deranged ambitions, President Zelensky has said after Russia fired a new medium-range missile at the city of Dnipro.

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11 hours ago Nato says new Russian missile won’t deter support for Ukraine – live updates

Russia’s use of intermediate-range ballistic missile widely condemned; Zelenskyy says latest strike a ‘severe escalation’Putin says Russia fired experimental ballistic missile into UkraineUkraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has issued a statement on X after Vladimir Putin said Russian forces had hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipro with a new experimental mid-range ballistic missile.The Russian leader has “admitted” to taking a step “toward escalating and expanding this war” by using a new ballistic missile on Ukraine, Zelenskyy wrote.Putin struck our city of Dnipro, one of Ukraine’s largest cities. This is a clear and severe escalation in the scale and brutality of this war — a cynical violation of the UN Charter by Russia.Putin alone started this war—an entirely unprovoked war — and...

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11 hours ago Zelensky demands response from allies as Putin threatens West with new missile

Vladimir Putin said the use of the new weapon to strike a target in Dnipro was in response to Ukraine’s use of UK and US-supplied missiles in Russia.

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12 hours ago Vladimir Putin ‘struggles to hide anger’ as he threatens Russia ‘entitled’ to fire missiles at UK

Body language expert Judi James has ran her eye over Russian president Vladimir Putin after his latest speech, as she revealed he was struggling to hide his emotions

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