3 h. ago Labour should relax law on Brits serving in Ukrainian army – MP turned soldier

Jack Lopresti, former Tory deputy chairman, has been serving with the Ukrainian army since January.

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56 h. ago Why Trump’s speech to US military top brass was such a disaster | Sidney Blumenthal

The president of the United States seemingly does not understand what the military is forNo dictator or would-be dictator on day one has ever assembled before him in one room the entire senior officer corps of his armed forces in order to have them belittled as failures and humiliated for their slovenly personal appearance, while degrading whole classes serving in the army, navy and air force degraded as inferior and unworthy. No dictator has ever pleaded for generals and admirals to applaud his remarks, followed by deafening silence.Donald Trump is used to entering to the din of a mob jazzed up with YMCA. “I’ve never walked into a room so silent before,” Trump said when he addressed the country’s highest-ranking military leaders at the Marine Corps Base Quantico on Tuesday. “Don’t laugh. Don’t know if you’re allowed to do that.” He was trying to force some tittering, an old lounge act gag to rouse a dead audience. “You know what? Just have a good time.” The comedian who felt his ro...

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4 d. ago British Coldstream guards officer who won Ukrainian bravery medal for fighting against Putin's troops despite having lost a leg took his own life aged 40

Captain Edward, 'Ned', Harris was a former Coldstream Guards officer who took up arms to fight against Putin 's force as part of the Ukrainian International Legion.

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6 d. ago Veterans react to Hegseth’s ‘insulting’ address to generals and admirals

Defense secretary’s speech touching on physical fitness and doctrine of lethality was seen as ‘egotistical’ and ‘dangerous’Naveed Shah, a veteran and activist who served as an enlisted public affairs specialist – an army journalist – uncharacteristically found himself searching for words to describe the address of the newly styled secretary of war to flag officers on Tuesday.“A lot of the words that are coming to me aren’t fit to print,” said Shah, policy director for Common Defense, a veterans advocacy organization. “The people in that room who have served for 20, 30-plus years in uniform do not need Pete Hegseth to tell them about warrior ethos.” Continue reading...

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9 d. ago WW3 fears as Poland scrambles jets after Putin slams Ukraine with 'massive attack'

With tensions between NATO and Russia at their highest in years, Poland was forced to protect its eastern border after Vladmir Putin launched a huge attack on Ukrainian targets

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9 d. ago Putin pounds Kyiv with 500 drones & 40 missiles in one of biggest attacks of war killing 4 as Nato scrambles jets

RUSSIAN forces launched one of the biggest air attacks of the war so far in Ukraine - leaving at least four dead and dozens wounded. Swarms of drones and a barrage of missiles were fired across several Ukrainian regions - before turning towards capital Kyiv. President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Putin's forces launched 500 drones...

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1 week ago Dad came back from serving in the army 'a different person who will never work again'

The Royal British Legion are launching a campaign to get the nation to 'Keep its Covenant Promise' to the Armed Forces and their families

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1 week ago Trump doubles down on Putin 'disappointment' as he says Russia has 'gained almost no land'

Trump slammed the Russian President during a White House press conference in which he said it was "time to stop" the war, which has raged since Putin's forces invaded Ukraine in 2022

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1 week ago I created an AI version of myself to lighten my workload – she does all the jobs I won’t, and she’s hot too

A SAVVY model has revealed she's made an AI version of herself to lighten her workload and offer fans 'new' services. Alix Lynx has two million followers on Instagram and an army of admirers on OnlyFans. Instead of shying away from artificial intelligence, she decided to take ownership of her own X-rated chatbot doppelgänger. On...

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1 week ago Britain is 'ready to act' after Trump backed shooting down Russian planes that challenge Nato, Yvette Cooper warns

Yvette Cooper said the military alliance 'stands firm' following a series of 'provocative' violations of airspace by Vladimir Putin's forces.

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2 w. ago Ukraine to face new gruelling test as Russia intensifies Donetsk campaign

Ukraine is gearing up for a new test from Russia as Vladimir Putin’s forces ramp up their campaign to seize Donetsk’s fortress belt.

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2 w. ago I'm a former soldier... I have delivered pizza for Domino's for nearly 20 years and love it

David Gregory, 67, is a former Army Reserves medic who served in Kosovo followed by two tours in Iraq. He's now a head driver at Domino Pizza Group in the UK.

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2 w. ago Kenyan athlete visiting Russia is forced to join Putin's army and serve on the front line before escaping and surrendering to Ukrainian troops

Evans came to Russia as a tourist but was cheated. He was offered a 'job' and handed documents in Russian. The Ukrainian army announced his arrest.

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy claims ‘important success’ as troops push back on Russian advances

President says Ukrainian forces in east have reclaimed 160 sq km of land and cleared another 170 sq km as counteroffensive ‘achieving results’. What we know on day 1,304See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageUkrainian forces have pushed back some of the gains Russia made over the summer, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said, calling the operation an “important success” after months of battlefield setbacks. The Ukrainian president said his troops had reclaimed 160 sq km (62 sq miles) of land near the eastern coalmining town of Dobropillia, where Russia pierced Ukraine’s defences in August. Russia did not immediately comment on the claims. Zelenskyy said after meeting troops in the eastern Donetsk region on Thursday that his army was “achieving results” in an ongoing counteroffensive there. In addition to reclaiming the 160 sq km, Ukrainian forces had “cleared” Russian troops from an additional 170 sq km of land but had not yet formally taken the territory, he said in a video address. Zelensk...

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2 w. ago Donald Trump says Vladimir Putin has 'really let me down' as he and Keir Starmer up the pressure on Russia during state visit

The president used a press conference with the Prime Minister during his state visit to the UK to lash out at the Kremlin tyrant, days after his weapons violated Nato airspace in Poland .

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2 w. ago Putin dons high tech weaponry as he rules over deadly military drills with WW3 in mind

Vladimir Putin has been out rambling on about his ailing forces, while forgetting that he's lost around one million soldiers during his invasion of Ukraine in three years

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3 w. ago Putin is trying to trick Donald Trump, Zelensky says as he calls for 'force to be used' against Russia

Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Vladimir Putin of trying to trick Donald Trump, and has called for allies to use force against Russia. 

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3 w. ago Kremlin psychic claims Putin's forces 'will win this year' but issues ominous warning

With Russia and Ukraine continuing to grind their war on, one Kremlin-backed clairvoyant has offered her thoughts on when the war will end, but gave an ominous premonition

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3 w. ago Yvette Cooper announces new Russia sanctions as she visits Kyiv for first time as Foreign Secretary

Yvette Cooper has chosen Ukraine for her international diplomatic debut, arriving by rail this morning.

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3 w. ago Russian drones force Europe to defend itself, perhaps alone, as Putin puts 'down a marker' to NATO

In the years since Russia invaded Ukraine, NATO has focused on defending its own territory first and resisted lower-level harassment from Russia, like acts of sabotage and intimidation

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