3 h. ago British soldier killed in Ukraine military training exercise named and pictured

Lance Corporal George Hooley, 28, was in the Parachute Regiment

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8 h. ago British soldier killed in Ukraine military training exercise named

Lance Corporal George Hooley, 28, was in the Parachute Regiment

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6 d. ago Army recruit, 23, whose military career ended when he suffered 'heat stroke'  during five

Charlie Gould, 29, collapsed during a five-hour march in full kit while carrying a large backpack in the summer heat in Dartmoor, a military training area in Devon.

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8 d. ago Ukraine detains British army veteran on suspicion of spying for Russia

Kyiv accuses Ross David Cutmore of helping Moscow plot assassinations and attacks on military training centres

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1 week ago Putin's 'shadow fleet' suffers huge Black Sea blow after tankers 'explode'

The explosions were initially said to be a result of 'external causes', but were later confirmed to be as a result of a strike by Ukrainian naval drones targeting Putin's 'shadow fleet'

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1 week ago World holds its breath: Ukraine flies to the US for Russia peace talks as Turkey condemns drone attacks on two Putin tankers amid fears of war spreading

Ukrainian negotiators are flying to the US for peace talks as the Turkish government has condemned Ukrainian drone attacks on two Russian 'shadow fleet' oil tankers in the Black Sea. 

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1 week ago Politician says he 'only cares about looking at porn' when confronted by angered locals

A small-town politician in Russia blew up the internet when he made a revealing admission while dismissing criticism regarding work carried out by the department he leads

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1 week ago Dan Driscoll, the unlikely Ukraine envoy with his eye on the Pentagon

The ambitious US army secretary has been thrust into the spotlight of Moscow-Kyiv negotiations

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2 w. ago Putin and Trump's pincer movement on South America as 'troops build up' on border

Putin has sent one of his top military officials to Venezuela, alongside several hundred military personnel to train the Venezuelan army on army tactics

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2 w. ago ‘Drone operators are hunted. You feel it from your first day’: the female pilots on Ukraine’s frontline

As casualties mount, recruitment is expanding. Three women talk about why they signed up for a brutal combat environmentWomen have been involved in Ukraine’s drone operations since the early months of the full-scale invasion, but as shortages in the military increase their presence has grown, particularly in FPV (first-person-view) attack units.Casualty figures are not disclosed but widely understood to be high, and Ukraine is becoming reliant on civilians to fill roles that once belonged to trained military personnel. A short but intensive 15-day course is given to a trainee operator for frontline deployment, a turnaround that reflects the urgent need.Indoor and outdoor training courses set up for trainee pilots at a drone school Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Starmer and other Ukraine allies say US peace plan ‘will require work’

The G7 and G20 leaders who met at the South Africa summit expressed concerns about the proposal to limit Kyiv’s army.

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2 w. ago US tells Nato if Zelenskyy does not sign peace deal Ukraine will face worse in future

US army secretary briefs ambassadors at ‘nightmare meeting’ in Kyiv on Friday after talks with Ukrainian leaderUS officials have told Nato allies they expect to push president Volodymyr Zelenskyy into agreeing to a peace deal in the coming days, under the threat that if Kyiv does not sign, it will face a much worse deal in future.The US army secretary Dan Driscoll briefed ambassadors from Nato nations at a meeting in Kyiv late on Friday, after talks with Zelenskyy and taking a phone call from the White House. “No deal is perfect, but it must be done sooner rather than later,” he told them, according to one person who was present. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Central Ohio's London Studer selected in women's pro baseball draft

Central Ohio's London Studer selected in women's pro baseball draft  The Columbus Dispatch

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2 w. ago France says US making Ukraine 'capitulate' under secret Trump

France has accused the US of pressuring Ukraine to “capitulate” under a new 28-point peace plan drafted with Russia, which would force Kyiv to hand over territory and slash its army by half

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3 w. ago Trump administration ‘secretly working with Russia to form new Ukraine peace plan’

The US has also sent two army generals to Ukraine as it looks to bring Moscow and Kyiv back to the negotiating table

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3 w. ago Four out of five Ukrainians are fleeing military training centres after being drafted into the army, Kyiv politician reveals

Four out of five Ukrainians are fleeing military training centres after being drafted into the army, a Kyiv politician has revealed.

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4 w. ago Fury as asylum seekers fleeing war zones housed near police firearms test site

The government plans to house asylum seekers at a military training camp in East Sussex - but campaigners fear its proximity to a police firearms test centre could be re-traumatising

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