3 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 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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12 hours ago Vladimir Putin's chilling threat to drag Britain into Ukraine war with new 'hazel' missiles

It comes in a week where Russia has repeatedly stoked fears that the war could extend beyond Ukraine - dragging Western allies including the UK in to the fighting

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12 hours ago Putin ‘has no interest in peace’, says Zelenskyy, as US accuses Russian leader of ‘escalating at every turn’ – Ukraine war live

Ukrainian president condemns IRBM strike as ‘severe escalation’; Putin claims Moscow ‘had the right’ to strike western countries that provide Kyiv with long-range weaponsPutin 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 ...

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15 hours ago Britain now 'directly involved' in Ukraine war after Storm Shadow strike, says Russia

UK is believed to have allowed weapons to be used by Ukrainian forces within the Kursk region of Russia

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15 hours ago Putin reveals he launched a new IRBM medium range missile at Ukraine in TV boast

Russian President Vladimir Putin has revealed that his forces carried out a strike with a new medium-range ballistic missile in Ukraine on Thursday as a test.

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18 hours ago The west’s reckless escalation of the war in Ukraine will cause more suffering, for no strategic gain | Simon Jenkins

Putin is an isolated dictator, devoid of scruple. Firing missiles into Russia will only lead to more hardship for the people of UkraineThis is how big wars start, when small ones go wrong. Nato politicians are deliberately playing with fire along the Ukrainian frontier, as UK-made missiles have been launched into Russia for the first time since the beginning of the conflict. The attack came a day after Kyiv used US-supplied long-range weapons to strike within Russia. Every military comment on British and US authorisation of missile attacks on Russia has said the same. They are “too little, too late”, and unlikely to affect a war that has increasingly turned to Russia’s advantage.So why are the attacks happening? The answer of Britain’s defence secretary, John Healey, is that he wants to...

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21 hours ago Battle lines in Ukraine most 'unstable' since start of war as Putin seeks breakthrough, says UK

Russia’s larger army is making grinding advances against Ukrainian forces in the east of the country

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