56 minutes ago The Ukraine missile crisis: Putin’s shadow war against the west finally breaks cover

After Kyiv used Storm Shadow missiles, Russia’s leader asserted his ‘right’ to attack the UK and US. In truth, he has been doing exactly that for two years nowThe unprecedented firing by Ukrainian forces of British-made long-range Storm Shadow missiles at military targets inside Russia last week means the UK, along with the US, is now viewed by Moscow as a legitimate target for punitive, possibly violent retaliation.In a significant escalation in response to the missile launches, Vladimir Putin confirmed that, for the first time in the war, Russia had fired an intermediate-range ­ballistic missile, targeting the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. Putin also said Russia now believed it had the “right” to attack “military facilities” in countries that supply Kyiv with long-range weapons. Though he...

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2 hours ago What is the Storm Shadow cruise missile? Ukraine hits Russia with British weapon for first time

The missile has a range of around 155 miles and is designed to evade detection by flying low after being launched

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6 hours ago West faces biggest threat since 1945 says Trump military adviser amid growing WW3 fears as Putin vows to keep up massive missiles attacks on Ukraine

The threat of direct conflict with Russia over the war in Ukraine has escalated in recent days following the decision to allow Kyiv to fire long-range missiles deep into Russia

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6 hours ago ANDREW NEIL: As Russia's threats grow more chilling, my three radical steps to make us PUTIN

Even for this government there was something particularly cack-handed about announcing cuts to our defence capabilities on the same day British-made missiles hit Russia.

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14 hours ago ANDREW NEIL: Britain's defenceless against a nuclear strike. My three radical steps will save us all

Even for this government there was something particularly cack-handed about announcing cuts to our defence capabilities on the same day British-made missiles hit Russia.

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20 hours ago Threat of world war is ‘serious and real’ Poland says as Putin steps up threats against West

Donald Tusk says war is entering ‘decisive phase’ and ‘the unknown is approaching’

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20 hours ago Putin says Russia will use experimental missile again after Ukraine strike

Ukrainian president calls testing of nuclear-capable weapon on his country’s territory an ‘international crime’Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesVladimir Putin has vowed to launch more strikes using an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile as Ukraine decried the testing of the nuclear-capable weapon on its territory as an “international crime”.Speaking at a defence conference on Friday, Putin contested US claims that Russia possessed only a “handful” of the high-speed ballistic missiles, saying that the military had enough to continue to test them in “combat conditions”. Continue reading...

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21 hours ago Putin says he will fire MORE of Russia's new hypersonic missiles at targets in Ukraine and has already begun mass production of the nuclear

Putin also said that Moscow would carry out more tests of the hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile in 'combat conditions,' a day after firing one on Ukraine.

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23 hours ago Vladimir Putin calls secret meeting tonight after threatening UK with hypersonic missile

Higher ups in the Kremlin are set to attend a secret meeting tonight called by Vladimir Putin at the end of a week in which Russia has attacked Ukraine with a new missile

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