24 h. ago Brit 'talisman' tragically killed in Ukraine explosion after saving 'countless lives'

Christopher Garrett, from the Isle of Man, was brutally killed in a nightmare explosion while clearing landmines in Ukraine this week. Tributes have poured in for the dad-of-one

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29 h. ago British bomb disposal expert killed in Ukraine while clearing landmines

Christopher Garrett, from the Isle of Man, was killed after an explosion on Tuesday

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29 h. ago ‘Emotional’ outpouring from Ukraine after death of British bomb disposal expert

Christopher Garrett, 40, was killed near Izyum on Tuesday.

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3 d. ago Hero Brit volunteer, 40, is killed while trying to clear Russian mines in Ukraine

Chris Garrett was among three people said to have been critically injured in an incident near Izyum, Kharkiv Oblast on Tuesday.

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3 d. ago A Russian missile and drone attack kills 2 people in Ukraine's capital

Ukrainian officials say two people have been killed and eight others wounded in a Russian missile-and-drones attack on Kyiv

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3 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Hegseth’s sudden arms halt ‘cost US up to $2.2m’ – report

Missile attack against Kyiv after deadly strike on Sumy; Zelenskyy seeks ramp-up of drone interceptor development. What we know on day 1,169 The Pentagon under Pete Hegseth stopped arms shipments to Ukraine in February without being ordered to do so by Donald Trump, the newly inaugurated president, Reuters reports. The order – which the news agency said blindsided top US national security officials, and the Ukrainians – was reversed within a week, but it cost up to $US2.2m to cancel the 11 flights involved, according to records. Reuters said records showed Hegseth gave a verbal order for the stoppage after a 30 January Oval Office meeting where only the idea of stopping military assistance was discussed.Ukraine’s air defence units were trying repel a missile attack on Kyiv, the mayor said, after explosions shook the city just after 1am local time on Wednesday. A Russian ballistic missile attack killed three people including a child at Sumy in Ukraine and wounded 10 other people – mo...

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8 d. ago Ukrainian drone attack kills at least 7 people hours after Kyiv and Washington's mineral agreement

More deaths were reported in Ukraine on land occupied by Russia where seven people were killed in a drone attack, hours after Kyiv signed the minerals deal with the US

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9 d. ago At least 9 dead in drone strikes after US and Ukraine sign minerals deal

Moscow-appointed officials in Ukraine's Kherson region say a Ukrainian drone attack killed seven and wounded more than 20 people

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1 week ago Female Ukrainian journalist killed by Russia sent back marked as 'unnamed male'

Viktoria Roshchyna’s brain, eyes, and larynx had been removed before her body was sent back to Ukraine, two and a half years after she went missing in Russian-occupied territories

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1 week ago Ukrainian spy 'tried to poison Russian military pilots with doped cake and booze'

Yegor Semenov, 34, was recruited into the Ukrainian secret service to kill graduates from an elite Russian school by carrying out a mass poisoning by poisoning bottles of Jameson's whiskey

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1 week ago Child killed in Russian drone attack in central Ukraine, say officials

A 12-year-old girl has died in a Russian drone attack in central Ukraine, according to officials in the war-torn country.

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1 week ago Girl, 12, killed in Russian drone attack in Ukraine as Putin 'ceasefire' plan slammed by Zelensky

Casualty toll of children in Putin’s war climbs ever higher with more than 2,500 wounded or killed, according to UNICEF

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1 week ago Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy calls Putin’s offer of brief ceasefire ‘manipulation’

Ukraine president urges month-long truce after Russia suggests three-day one to mark a world war two victory. What we know on day 1,161Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for an immediate month-long ceasefire after Vladimir Putin unilaterally announced a three-day truce for next month during a second world war anniversary. The Ukrainian president said: “Now there’s a new attempt at manipulation. For some reason, everyone is supposed to wait for May 8 and only then have a ceasefire to ensure calm for Putin during the parade.” He added: “We value people’s lives and not parades. We believe that the world believes that there is no reason to wait for May 8. And the ceasefire should be not for a few days only to resume the killing afterward.” Ukrainian officials also pointed out that Russia announced a similar truce over the Easter period only to violate it. The Russian president suggested the ceasefire in May to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union in the second world ...

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1 week ago ‘A lot of Russians have been killed. We like this’: on the frontline with a Ukrainian artillery unit

Soldiers expect Moscow to launch summer offensive and dismiss US efforts to bring peace as ‘pretty disappointing’Europe live – latest updatesFrom a line of trees the Ukrainian gun team prepared to fire. An artilleryman, Yurii, loaded a 152mm shell into an old Soviet-made howitzer. “We are ready!” Yurii said. He moved away from the barrel. “Fire!” the unit’s commander replied. There was an almighty boom.White smoke filled the dugout, which was hidden beneath camouflage nets and cut pine branches. From the undergrowth, a chiffchaff resumed its spring warbling. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Vladimir Putin thanks Kim Jong Un for deploying 1000s of North Korean troops for his Ukraine war

Around 4,000 North Korean troops have been killed or wounded fighting Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region, South Korea has said

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1 week ago Suspect in killing of a Russian general claims he was paid by Ukraine, Russia says

Russian authorities say the suspect in the killing of a Russian general in a car bomb explosion claimed he was paid by the Ukrainian Security Service as he pleaded guilty to terrorism charges

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1 week ago Ukraine war briefing: Suspect held in Moscow car bombing of general, Russia claims

Russian security service alleges Ukrainian agent Ignat Kuzin rigged car with homemade explosives; Trump meets Zelenskyy and expresses doubt that Putin wants a ceasefire. What we know on day 1,159Russia’s FSB secret service said on Saturday that it had detained a man it suspects of killing a senior general with a car bomb outside Moscow. Russia has accused Kyiv of being behind the blast on Friday, which killed Gen Yaroslav Moskalik. The FSB alleged a Ukrainian agent it named as Ignat Kuzin rigged a Volkswagen Golf in the city of Balashikha with a homemade explosive device from a Ukrainian secret service stash in the Moscow area and that the bomb was then detonated remotely from Ukraine. A video released by the FSB showed a man identified as Kuzin, and what was said to be his arrest taking place on a forest road. Kyiv has not commented on the blast, which bore the hallmarks of previous attacks on military figures and high-profile backers of the Kremlin’s offensive.Donald Trump has sai...

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2 w. ago CIA director's son killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine after 'fiercely beautiful life'

Tributes have been paid to Michael Alexander Gloss, son of Juliane Gallina Gloss and a Navy veteran father, who was killed on the front lines in Ukraine, it is understood

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2 w. ago Son of CIA deputy director was killed while fighting for Russia, report says

Michael Alexander Gloss, 21, who died on 4 April 2024, was the son of top-ranking US spy Juliana GallinaAn American man identified as the son of a deputy director of the CIA was killed in eastern Ukraine in 2024 while fighting under contract for the Russian military, according to an investigation by independent Russian media.Michael Alexander Gloss, 21, died on 4 April 2024 in “Eastern Europe”, according to an obituary published by his family. He was the son of Juliane Gallina, who was appointed the deputy director for digital innovation at the Central Intelligence Agency in February 2024. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Russian general killed after car blast as Ukraine peace talks could be scuppered

Yaroslav Moskalik, 59, was blown several metres through the air when a Volkswagen Golf exploded as the Russian army general walked by near his home in Moscow as a top US diplomat landed for talks

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