5 h. ago British peace troops in Ukraine attacked by Russian army would respond under ‘defensive rules,' says minister

European leaders are still seeking a US security guarantee ‘backstop’ for a peace-keeping mission in Ukraine

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10 h. ago Ukraine needs ‘strong support from its partners’, Zelenskyy says, after Macron suggests a month’s limited truce – Europe live

Ukraine president posts video showing damage from Russian attacks as French president urges pause in air, sea and critical infrastructure attacksin DublinThe Irish government has drafted legislation to remove a de facto ban on any more than 12 troops being deployed overseas as the country makes significant moves to bolster its bare and weak defence force.European Union is a project of peace, and the project of peace means that security and defence is necessarily a priority, because peace without defence is an illusion. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago British troops in Ukraine fired on by Putin army would respond under ‘defensive rules,' says minister

European leaders are still seeking a US security guarantee ‘backstop’ for a peace-keeping mission in Ukraine

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12 h. ago British troops in Ukraine fired on by Russian army would respond under ‘defensive rules,' says minister

European leaders are still seeking a US security guarantee ‘backstop’ for a peace-keeping mission in Ukraine

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31 h. ago ‘Trump doesn’t understand who the aggressor is’: fatigue and anger in Odesa

Russian attacks on Ukrainian city that was initially spared worst have increased since Washington-Moscow detenteRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesOlena Palash heard a loud buzzing above her flat in the Ukrainian port of Odesa. It was 11pm. First one drone, and another, then more. Soon afterwards, one of the Shaheeds crashed into the children’s clinic where she works. An explosion shredded the building’s facade. The metal covering of a car park was remade into a spaghetti-like jumble. Another drone smashed into a nearby kindergarten.The attack on 18 February knocked out a substation and plunged some of the city into darkness. Four people were injured, including a 10-year-old girl, and 80,000 were left without heat. Russia’s air war in the skies above Ukraine is nothing new. But since negotiations began between the US and Russia – talks from which Kyiv has been excluded – the raids have got dramatically worse. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Crowded Ukrainian hospital is blown up in Russian kamikaze drone attack

A Ukrainian hospital has been hit by a Russian kamikaze drone strike just hours after Volodymyr Zelensky was banished from the White House following a row with US President Donald Trump. 

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4 d. ago US business presence in Ukraine would be ‘backstop’, Trump suggests

Sir Keir Starmer has already said he is prepared to deploy British troops as part of a force to safeguard any peace deal.

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4 d. ago Starmer meeting Trump for White House talks on Ukraine, trade and technology

The Prime Minister is prepared to commit British troops to a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine but is seeking US support.

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5 d. ago Seven organisations face government contract ban over Grenfell Tower tragedy

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner proposes prison time for executives who break the rules in response to Grenfell inquiry recommendations

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6 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: One dead and children injured in Russian attack on Kramatorsk

Tentative talks between US and Russia on Ukraine’s future have begun - but the reality for Ukrainians is still daily missile and drone attacks from Putin’s forces

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7 d. ago Minister fails to rule out Russia’s return to the G7 on anniversary of Ukraine invasion

Security minister Dan Jarvis was pressed on whether Russia should be allowed to return to the international forum of countries, saying that it is ‘a matter to be discussed with international allies’

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7 d. ago Putin plays the long game. He has punished Ukraine – and he won’t stop there | Yaroslav Hrytsak

Like a judo master, the Russian aggressor wears down his opponents until they break. Then he comes back for moreI have a friend, an American author, who writes about war. Over the past decades, he has been to South Sudan, Rwanda, Congo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Gaza and other conflict zones. In the case of Ukraine, he said one thing stood out: here it was obvious who was the aggressor and who was the victim. Alongside Bosnia, Ukraine’s resistance to Russia remains, in his opinion, one of two truly just wars.After three years of fighting a just war against Putin’s aggression, we are now facing, with Donald Trump, an unjust peace. Ukraine will lose lands and will not receive compensation for its losses. War crimes will go unpunished and Ukrainians will not be provided with the security guarantees needed to protect them from future Russian attack.Yaroslav Hrytsak is a historian and professor at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Ukraine war live: Russia launches largest drone attack on eve of third anniversary of invasion

Drones intercepted in at least 13 regions including Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv and Odesa, according to Ukrainian authoritiesVolodymyr Zelenskyy is urging for peace in the region following the large-scale Russian attack. In a post on X, the Ukrainian president wrote:Every day, our people stand against aerial terror. On the eve of the third anniversary of the full-scale war, Russia launched 267 attack drones against Ukraine — the largest attack since Iranian drones began striking Ukrainian cities and villages. In total, nearly 1,150 attack drones, more than 1,400 guided aerial bombs and 35 missiles of various types were launched this week. I thank everyone who repels such attacks on a daily basis—our aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups of the air force and defence forces. I also thank those on the ground who save lives and respond to the aftermath of shelling—the state emergency service, medics, and the nationa...

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9 d. ago Sir Elton John and Simon Cowell back Daily Mail campaign to stop AI plundering Britain's creative genius

Sir Elton John and Simon Cowell last night backed a major new Daily Mail campaign to protect UK talent from AI. They called on ministers to rethink their radical proposals to relax copyright rules.

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1 week ago Kremlin's 'concerned' verdict on Keir Starmer's peacekeeping plan for Ukraine

A top Kremlin official has responded to Keir Starmer's proposals for a peacekeeping force in Ukraine involving British troops on the ground as tensions continue to rise over Trump's proposals

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1 week ago Trump calls Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’ who should ‘move fast’ or lose country as row with Ukraine leader worsens – Europe live

US president attacks Ukraine leader after Zelenskyy says Trump is living in a Russian ‘disinformation bubble’Lavrov also speaks about Russia’s alliances with Belarus, North Korea, China and Iran, and countries in Africa.He says the “comprehensive partnership with China” was “at an unprecedented level and exceeding any prior alliances of a classic type,” with both leaders attending important anniversaries in each other’s countries.I will tell you something that is a key issue for us at this stage of international development, and that is our move towards a multipolar world. It is a historic process, and it is to do with the subjective trend of new power centres appearing on the world map.Our partners in the Global South and in the east are unique civilisations and religions and are members of various integration associations, but all of them are united by a desire towards development, progressive development without external pressure At the same time, we must state that the collectiv...

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1 week ago MPs 'likely to get a vote' on sending British troops to Ukraine as peacekeepers to deter future Putin attacks

Sir Keir Starmer takes lead in pledging to deploy UK forces to Ukraine

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1 week ago Ukraine frontline latest: Russian drone attack injures civilians in Dolynska

Thousands of civilians have died in the conflict, the vast majority of them from Ukraine

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1 week ago MPs 'likely to get a vote' on sending British troops to Ukraine as peace

Sir Keir Starmer has put Britain in a lead in pledging to deploy UK forces to Ukraine

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1 week ago One misstep away from World War III: Keir Starmer's 'peacekeeping' operation in Ukraine would be fraught with danger and has potential to trigger wider conflict, military experts warn

British spymaster Colonel Philip Ingram fears tyrant Vladimir Putin would never stick to any peace deal and could open fire on British troops acting as part of a peacekeeping force in Ukraine.

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