19 h. ago US 'won't back Britain' if Russia attacks due to more chilling threat elsewhere

A confidential memo has revealed the US may not come to Europe's aid in the event of a Russian attack as the Pentagon is more concerned with deterring China from Taiwan and bolstering defense measures on American soil

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25 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv accuses Russia of war crime after attack on military hospital in Kharkiv

Ukrainian officials denounce ‘deliberate’ targeted shelling of hospital; Ukrainian president says US, Europe must respond to daily Russian drone attacks. What we know on day 1,131See all our Ukraine war coverageRussian drones struck a military hospital, shopping centre, apartment blocks and other targets in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, late on Saturday, killing two people and injuring at least 25, local officials and the Ukrainian military said. On the Telegram messaging app, the military’s general staff said those injured included servicemen undergoing treatment in the medical centre. It accused Russia of having carried out a “war crime” and of “violating the norms of international humanitarian law” denouncing the “deliberate, targeted shelling” of the facility. Oleh Syniehubov, the regional governor, said 25 people were hurt, including a 15-year-old girl who is in serious condition.An hour before the Kharkiv attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukra...

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31 h. ago Watch: Russia launches 170 drones at Ukrainian cities, Kyiv claims

Footage shows the moment Russia reportedly attacked Ukraine with more than 170 drones on Friday night (March 28).

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35 h. ago German intelligence warns Putin preparing Nato assault by end of decade

The Kremlin is reportedly eyeing a conventional military offensive

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4 d. ago Macron says European peacekeeping force could 'respond' if Ukraine attacked by Russia

‘The only ones who would, at that moment, trigger a conflict, a bellicose situation, would be the Russians if they decided again to launch an aggression’, says French leader

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4 d. ago WW3 fears as Macron says European peacekeeping force could 'respond' if Russia attacks

A proposed European peacekeeping force for Ukraine could “respond” if Russia attacks, said Emmanuel Macron

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4 d. ago Macron says a proposed European force for Ukraine could 'respond' if attacked by Russia.

French President Emmanuel Macron says that a proposed European armed force for possible deployment in Ukraine in tandem with an eventual peace deal could “respond” to a Russian attack if Moscow launched one

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4 d. ago NATO issues direct WW3 threat to Vladimir Putin and warns of 'full force' retaliation

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said in comments delivered alongside Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk that there would be a 'devastating' response if Russia were to attack on Poland or another member state

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4 d. ago NATO issues WW3 threat to Putin: 'Fierce' Western alliance will unleash its 'full force' in 'devastating' response if Russia attacks 'Poland or other ally', new chief warns

'If anyone were to miscalculate and think they can get away with an attack on Poland or on any other ally, they will be met with the full force of this fierce alliance,' the bloc's chief said

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7 d. ago Ukraine war live: Zelenskyy urges allies to put ‘new pressure’ on Russia to bring an end to ‘daily reality’ of attacks

US and Ukrainian officials to meet for ceasefire discussions in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, ahead of US-Russia talks on MondayAs well as Kyiv, the overnight Russian attacks were reported to have struck the Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Odesa and Donetsk regions.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Russian attacks across his country continue to be a “daily reality” despite the partial ceasefire agreed to last week. He referenced the overnight drone attack on Kyiv, in which at least 3 people were killed, and a Russian attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia which reportedly killed a family of three late on Friday evening.These attacks are a daily reality. This week alone, over 1,580 guided aerial bombs, nearly 1,100 strike drones, and 15 missiles of various types were used against our people. All of this weaponry contains at least 102,000 foreign components. That’s why sanctions against Russian terrorists must be more effective. Every loophole that allows them to byp...

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7 d. ago Ukraine war live: Russia launches deadly drone attack on Kyiv ahead of ceasefire talks in Saudi Arabia

US and Ukrainian officials to meet in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, ahead of US-Russia talks on MondayRussian shelling killed three people on Saturday in the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk, the regional governor confirmed in a Telegram post this morning.Pokrovsk has been under attack for months as the former mining city in the eastern Donetsk region is seen as a strategically important logistics hub. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago 3 killed after Moscow targets Kyiv with a mass drone attack ahead of ceasefire talks

Local Ukrainian officials and emergency services say at least three people were killed in Kyiv after Russia launched a mass drone attack targeting the city

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9 d. ago Could Heathrow fire be a Russian sabotage attack? Substation blaze fits the pattern of Putin's disruption campaign in Europe and exposes 'vulnerability' in UK infrastructure

Western officials have accused Russia and its proxies of staging dozens of attacks and other incidents across Europe since the invasion of Ukraine three years ago.

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9 d. ago Russia pounds Ukrainian port while key Russian gas pipe in Kursk explodes in huge 300ft fireball as ceasefire shows no signs of coming into effect

Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa suffered its worst onslaught of the war as Russia carpet bombed the city with drone attacks overnight, injuring at least three people.

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9 d. ago This AP map shows sabotage across Europe that has been blamed on Russia and its proxies

Western officials have accused Russia and its proxies of staging dozens of attacks and other incidents across Europe since the invasion of Ukraine three years ago

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9 d. ago Mapped: Which Ukrainian nuclear power plants could Trump take as part of the ceasefire deal?

The estimated damages caused by Russia’s aerial attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure after three years of war are more than £11 billion

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1 week ago Trump story about ‘surrounded’ Ukraine troops contradicted by his own intelligence, report reveals

Russia and Ukraine reached a tentative ceasefire agreement, but Putin’s attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure reportedly have not stopped since the ceasefire was announced

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1 week ago Odesa 'in flames' as Russia launches kamikaze drone attack which is 'heaviest of war'

A Ukrainian presidential adminstration head claimed a Russian Shahed loitering munition slammed into the southern Ukrainian city earlier today, engulfing it in flames

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1 week ago Russia names former FSB officer behind Ukraine invasion to lead peace talks

Terms of proposed ceasefire remain unclear as Moscow launches airstrikes and Kyiv hits Russian airbaseRussia has named a secretive former FSB chief who played a key role in planning Vladimir Putin’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine to lead next week’s peace talks with the US in Saudi Arabia.Moscow announced that Sergei Beseda, the former head of the spy agency’s fifth directorate – who oversaw intelligence operations in Ukraine and orchestrated the recruitment of collaborators before the full-scale invasion – will travel to Riyadh for Monday’s talks with the US. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Zelensky claims Putin is ‘amassing troops to strike us’ following Russian leader’s phone call with Trump

Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed Vladimir Putin is “amassing troops and wants to strike us” following the Russian leader’s phone call with Donald Trump.

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