10 h. ago BREAKING Vladimir Putin announces 'Easter Truce' after Trump's stern peace warning

The Russian despot made the surprise announcement while speaking during a meeting with Valery Gerasimov, the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces

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10 h. ago Vladimir Putin announces 'Easter Truce' after Trump's stern peace warning

The Russian despot made the surprise announcement while speaking during a meeting with Valery Gerasimov, the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces

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10 h. ago Trump on course for failure on Ukraine peace deal, Ben Wallace warns

Former defence secretary Wallace said Donald Trump is ‘not actually very good at doing deals’

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4 d. ago 'We will kill them all' Kremlin sends chilling nuclear threat to UK over 'coalition of the willing'

Vladimir Solovyov, one of the most prominent mouthpieces of Russian President Vladimir Putin, issued a chilling warning to the UK over its support for Ukraine and a coalition of the willing

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5 d. ago UK pays second part of £2 billion loan to Ukraine amid ‘critical moment’

The defence secretary said the first £752 million payment will help to buy air defence, artillery and parts to get Ukraine ‘back into the fight’.

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5 d. ago Zelenskyy urges Trump to view devastation in Ukraine caused by Russia’s invasion

Ukrainian president calls on US counterpart to visit country as Trump appears to downplay Russia’s latest strike by calling it ‘mistake’Europe live – latest updatesVolodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Donald Trump to visit Ukraine to see the devastation caused by Russia’s invasion, while the US president appeared to play down Moscow’s latest deadly attack, the worst on civilians this year, calling it “a mistake”.International leaders condemned Russia’s strike on the centre of the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, which killed 34 people, including two children. Two ballistic missiles hit as people made their way to church for Palm Sunday. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Zelenskyy invites Trump to Ukraine to see damage from Russia’s invasion

Ukrainian president says US president can visit any city, as Trump says deadly bombing of Sumy on Sunday ‘a mistake’Volodymyr Zelenskyy has invited Donald Trump to visit Ukraine to see the devastation caused by Russia’s invasion, while the US president appeared to play down Moscow’s latest deadly attack, the worst on civilians this year, calling it “a mistake”.International leaders condemned Russia’s strike on the centre of the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, which killed 34 people, including two children. Two ballistic missiles hit as people made their way to church for Palm Sunday. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Ukraine could be partitioned like Berlin after second world war, says US envoy

Gen Keith Kellogg appears to suggest Ukraine could be split into zones of control after a peace deal; Trump warns Putin to ‘get moving’ ahead of US-Russia talks. What we know on day 1,144See all our Ukraine war coverage Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Peace in Ukraine ‘appears out of reach’ in near future and Putin ‘dragging his feet’ on ceasefire

The warning came as John Healey accused Vladimir Putin of dragging his feet in peace talks

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8 d. ago Ukraine war at 'critical moment' as huge military support package announced

Defence Secretary John Healey said the huge package in military aid had been agreed after he hosted a meeting with defence ministers of 50 nations at Nato HQ in Brussels

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8 d. ago Allies to pour £18billion more into defending Ukraine with warning peace remains 'out of reach' due to Russian aggression despite US efforts

Defence Secretary John Healey said the UK would spend a record £4.5 billion on defence aid this year that includes manufacturing drones and supplying anti-tank mines.

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8 d. ago Vladimir Putin could spark 'worldwide blackouts' as NATO issues chilling warning

Telecom giants have issued a stern warning to UK and EU leaders, explaining how Putin could spark a global catastrophe by sabotaging the "defenceless" undersea cables that keep Britain connected

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9 d. ago UK to send hundreds of thousands of military drones to bolster Ukraine war effort

Boost comes as defence secretary John Healey hosts ‘coalition of the willing’ at Nato in Brussels

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9 d. ago ‘We are stepping up,’ UK defence secretary tells ‘coalition of the willing’ for Ukraine – Europe live

John Healey tells meeting of more than 30 countries that coalition is working on ‘putting Ukraine in the strongest possible position’We’re getting a bit more details from EU spokesperson, Olof Gill, speaking at the commission’s press briefing right now (which, notably, got delayed by almost half an hour as that von der Leyen statement was being put out).He said:We are not going to offer any greater detail at this point about what we are not saying to the Americans beyond what we have already said.We want to negotiate, we want to talk. Continue reading...

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1 week ago UK Defence Secretary John Healey issues Putin warning as 'coalition of willing' meets

Defence Secretary John Healey will say Putin must face 'even more pressure' as arrives in Brussels today alongside top ministers from 30 nations in support of Ukraine

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1 week ago MI6 chief warns Brits to prepare for new form of conscription to tackle Putin

As concerns over Russia grow, the former head of MI6 has suggested Britain should introduce a new type of conscription for Brits ahead of suspicious Russian activity

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1 week ago Britain may need to introduce new form of conscription to take on Putin, MI6 chief warns

Former head of MI6 Sir Alex Younger said the Government could require powers to compel Britons to 'give their service one way or another', in the face of new international threats.

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1 week ago Hopes for British version of Israel's 'Iron Dome' doomed to fail, experts warn

A British version of Israel's 'Iron Dome' system would fail to protect the whole of the UK against Russian missile attacks - because the system needed would be 'too prohibitively expensive'.

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2 w. ago Brits should prepare a 72 hour 'survival kit' as Putin plots to sabotage gas pipelines and cause mass blackouts, warn spies

Concerns that the Russians are planning a sabotage operation have escalated since one of their spy ships was detected mapping underwater infrastructure

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2 w. ago British and French military chiefs discuss plans to build on ‘formidable capabilities’ of Ukrainian army in peacekeeping talks

The defence secretary will hold further talks of the ‘coalition of the willing’ next week

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