42 h. ago British and German military aircrafts join forces to hunt down Russian submarines

British and German forces will jointly conduct defensive patrols for Russian submarines from RAF Lossiemouth

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42 h. ago British and German military aircraft join forces to hunt down Russian submarines

British and German forces will jointly conduct defensive patrols for Russian submarines from RAF Lossiemouth

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9 d. ago Russian drone incursion ‘tactically stupid and counterproductive’ says Polish minister

Radosław Sikorski says Putin consolidated western opinion against him with the incursion into PolandEurope live – latest updatesPoland’s foreign minister has accused Russia of a “tactically stupid and counterproductive” escalation of the war in Ukraine, saying its drone incursion into Poland last month appeared to be deliberate.Radosław Sikorski, on a visit to London, said all Vladimir Putin had achieved with the incursion was a consolidation of western opinion against him. He also dismissed Russian concerns that supplying US Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine would be unnecessarily provocative. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Russia could strike ‘deep into Europe’, Poland’s foreign minister warns

Radoslaw Sikorski urged European leaders to invest in a drone wall to defend the continent’s eastern flank

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1 week ago Power restored to Kyiv homes after Russian bombardment on Ukraine’s energy grid

Russia’s Defence Ministry stated its strikes had targeted energy facilities supplying Ukraine’s military

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1 week ago Ukraine war briefing: Power restored to Kyiv after Russia drone attacks

Zelenskyy says attacks targeted energy infrastructure as winter looms; boy killed as drones and missiles hit Zaporizhzhia. What we know on day 1,326Power was restored to 270,000 consumers in Kyiv after attacks from Russia knocked it out, Ukraine’s energy minister Svitlana Hrynchuk wrote on Facebook on Friday. People in Kyiv heard blasts throughout Thursday night and many woke up without power on Friday after the huge air attack targeted Ukraine’s energy system. Images posted online showed firefighters working to tackle burning blocks of flats. Hrynchuk did not say how many people had lost power. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said the Russian strikes targeted civilian and energy infrastructure as Ukraine prepares for winter temperatures.Russian drones and missiles damaged 12 apartment buildings in the south-eastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing a seven-year-old boy and injuring four people, according to the regional governor. The Kyiv mayor, Vitali Klitschko, sa...

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2 w. ago Ukraine's ex PM accuses China of being an 'accomplice' to Putin's invasion and is 'financing Russia's war chest' by buying oil from Moscow

Arseniy Yatsenyuk lashed out at Beijing , dismissing claims the Asian superpower was 'neutral' in Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin 's murderous effort to overrun Ukraine.

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2 w. ago Voices: Britain’s closest neighbour, the European Union, is under attack

Moldova fended off bot farms and social media trolls fed in by Russia to influence its recent election – but, writes former minister of defence Nick Harvey, other countries may not be as resilient

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2 w. ago Europe needs to ‘get serious’ about threat posed to it by Russia, Ukraine minister says

Sergiy Kyslytsia says Kremlin already at war with Europe and predicts that Vladimir Putin will ‘escalate escalating’Europe needs to “get serious” about the existential threat posed to it by Russia, Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister has said, warning that Vladimir Putin will “escalate escalating”.In an interview with the Guardian, Sergiy Kyslytsia – Kyiv’s former ambassador to the UN – said the Kremlin was already at war with Europe. He said Russia’s recent drone incursions against several EU countries were well-calculated and an attempt to “move the red lines”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago BREAKING: Russia targeting UK military satellites in space 'every week' warns top general

The head of the UK Space Command Maj Gen Paul Tedman has revealed that Russia have been tracking UK satellites for some time, as he revealed the extent of Moscow's interference

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3 w. ago Donald Trump told 'Russia has won in Ukraine – case closed' by top EU prime minister

Hungary's Prime Minister Victor Orban has claimed he personally told Donald Trump that 'the Russians have won' the war after the US President suggested Ukraine could reclaim all their lost territory

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3 w. ago Hybrid attacks such as drones ‘part of new reality’, Danish minister warns, as Russia embarks on huge army call

Peter Hummelgaard compared recent spate of hybrid attacks on Europe to 9/11 terrorism; 135,000 called up in RussiaBut Zelenskyy also warns about the worsening situation in Georgia and Belarus.“That is why we cannot afford to lose a single day or a single country. After Moldova’s election, we must keep supporting Moldova. The hardest task is to meet voters’ expectations,” he says.Russia failed to destabilise Moldova, even after spending huge, huge resources to undermine it and to corrupt whoever they could. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Moldovan diaspora critical in elections as country battles Russian vote

Watchdogs say Russia offering overseas voters cash for evidence of voter fraud in possible ploy to declare election riggedThe Moldovan diaspora will hold a critical role in Sunday’s high-stakes parliamentary elections as the country battles against an unprecedented Russian vote-buying operation to try to unseat the incumbent pro-European party, said the former deputy prime minister.Civilian foreign interference watchdogs say Russia is flooding the overseas voter communities with cash, including one advertising campaign offering people €500 to be election observers in the EU with the lure of “bonuses of up to €30,000” for evidence of voter fraud. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Zelenskyy claims reconnaissance drones entered Ukrainian airspace from Hungary –Europe live

Hungary have since accused Ukraine of pursuing ‘anti-Hungarian policies’ following the move Polish prime minister Donald Tusk warned that “Russia has ill intentions towards the whole world” as he spoke about the need for European allies to remain united and vigilant in the face of Moscow’s increasingly aggressive stance.“European allies have never been so united... we need to be vigilant. Russia has ill intentions towards the whole world, and those who border with it are the first to feel it,” Tusk told reporters when asked about recent drone incidents, Reuters reported. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Russia has bad intentions towards the whole world, Polish PM says, as EU countries and Ukraine discuss ‘drone wall’ – Europe live

Numerous European countries to discuss plans to counter growing threat of incursions later todayPolish prime minister Donald Tusk warned that “Russia has ill intentions towards the whole world” as he spoke about the need for European allies to remain united and vigilant in the face of Moscow’s increasingly aggressive stance.“European allies have never been so united... we need to be vigilant. Russia has ill intentions towards the whole world, and those who border with it are the first to feel it,” Tusk told reporters when asked about recent drone incidents, Reuters reported. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Germany raises alarm over Russia tracking army satellites as war expands to space

Germany’s defence minister warned conflicts of the future ‘will be fought openly in orbit’ after Russia was accused of tracking satellites used by the German military

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4 w. ago German defense minister says Russia is tracking two satellites used by the German military

Russia is currently tracking two satellites used by the German military

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last month ‘Ukraine is only the first’, Zelenskyy warns UN as he highlights global threats – Europe live

Kremlin dismisses US president’s claim that Ukraine could regain all the land lost since Russia’s invasionA Spanish defence ministry spokesperson said in a statement shared with Reuters that “there has been an attempt to disrupt the GPS signal,” but the plane was not affected as it had its own encrypted system.They also noted that it’s a common occurence on this route with commercial flights. Continue reading...

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last month Moldovan prime minister accuses Russia of using country's election to 'take power'

Moldova’s Prime Minister Dorin Recean warns that Russia is spending heavily to influence an upcoming parliamentary election

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last month Spanish military jet with minister onboard suffers GPS disruption near Russia’s Kaliningrad

It comes after the GPS system of a plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was jammed

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