2 h. ago UK aid cuts take 40% from funds to counter Russian threat in western Balkans

Funding to tackle misinformation and cyber-attacks, and boost democracy, cut from £40m to £24mKeir Starmer’s raid on overseas aid has led to a 40% cut in funds for countering Russian aggression and misinformation in a region of Europe described by the prime minister as vital to the UK’s national security.British funding committed to bolstering the western Balkans, where Russia has been accused of sowing division and creating destabilisation, has been cut from £40m last year to £24m for 2025-26. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago ‘I was a British POW tortured by Russia; this is how Ukraine and the West can win this war’

Aiden Aslin, a British volunteer who joined the Ukraine’s marines, was captured and tortured by Putin’s forces in 2022 and is now back fighting the Kremlin. He tells his story to the World of Trouble podcast with world affairs editor Sam Kiley in eastern Ukraine

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4 h. ago Putin can lie and complain all he likes, but he has made Russia the West's 'enemy'

Only a fool would be lulled into complacency by Vladimir Putin’s attempts to play the victim

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21 h. ago Denmark blames Russia for ‘destructive’ cyberattacks ahead of elections

The intelligence service said the attacks were part of Russia's ‘hybrid war’ against the West

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61 h. ago European 'little pigs' risk triggering global conflict over Ukraine warns Vladimir Putin in frightening outburst

Putin has also accused Western politicians of plotting Russia's downfall and vowed to carry on with the war in Ukraine unless his demands are met.

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66 h. ago Putin calls Ukraine's European ally leaders 'piglets' and warns Russia's new Oreshnik missile will be deployed within days as he appears to destroy peace deal hopes

The Russian leader accused Western politicians of plotting Russia's downfall and vowed to carry on with the war in Ukraine unless his demands are met.

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3 d. ago Putin thinks democracy is the west’s weakness. We have to prove him wrong | Rafael Behr

The Russian strategy of exporting chaos to provoke extremism only works if liberals succumb to cynicism and despair I once spent an exasperating week showing a Russian friend around London. He insisted on seeing everything and admiring nothing. Museums, monuments, shops – all compared unfavourably with St Petersburg and Moscow. This got tiresome after a few days, so I asked my friend if there was anything at all about Britain that impressed him. “The stability,” he said without hesitation. “You can feel the stability.”That was a different world; the late 1990s. I don’t remember the year, but I remember knowing what my friend was talking about because I had felt the same culture shock in reverse when first visiting Russia.Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Defence chief sets out ‘sacrifices’ required as UK faces more dangerous world

Chief of the Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton said ‘more people’ needed to be ready to fight to protect the UK.

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6 d. ago World War III inches closer as Putin upscales 'unstoppable' nuclear

Russia is poised to upscale its threat to the West by deploying within days its new 'unstoppable' nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile complex in Belarus from where it could hit London 'in eight minutes'.

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6 d. ago WW3 fears rise as UK rules for conscription exposed – see if you're affected

As tensions continue to rise between NATO and Russia, Britain's plans for war have been exposed, including how Westminster will be calling up troops to fight against Mad Vlad in World War 3

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1 week ago Former Navy chief issues warning over ‘horrifying’ British submarines amid Russia threat

Labour peer Lord West of Spithead said the silent service was in its worst condition across his 60 years of military service

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1 week ago 'Hollowed out' UK 'under attack' and not ready for WW3 with Putin's Russia

As tensions rise between Russia and the West, one former NATO chief has revealed that Britain would struggle when faced with the Russian army as he said we were "underprepared"

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1 week ago Russia launches attacks across Ukraine as Miami peace talks continue

Targets of more than Russian 650 drones and 51 missiles include western regions with sirens sounding in eastern Poland Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine in the early hours of Saturday, as US and Ukrainian officials continue talks in Miami that the White House hopes will bring an end to the conflict.Russia used more than 650 drones and 51 missiles overnight, Ukraine’s armed forces said, with drones targeting locations across the country, including in the western regions hundreds of miles from the frontline. Warning sirens also sounded in parts of eastern Poland, close to the Ukrainian border. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago WW3 threat as Russian minister declares 'war with Europe is inevitable'

As tensions rise between Russia and the West, one minister has declared that Europe is gearing up to take on Russia, and is "deliberately" preparing for war, a move the Kremlin says it is ready for

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2 w. ago Russia threatens NATO with 'consequences' as it says West is prepping for 'major war'

With officials racing to workshop a potential peace deal with Russia and Ukraine, Putin and his cronies have said the West is preparing for an all-out war between NATO and Moscow

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3 w. ago West is ‘missing obscure sanctions that could set back Russia’s war machine’

US group Dekleptocracy identifies chemicals used for military vehicles’ lubricants and tyres as potential vulnerabilitiesA US group has identified several obscure but potentially key sanctions it says could seriously disrupt Russia’s war effort in Ukraine after last month’s targeting of the Kremlin’s biggest oil firms.Previous rounds of sanctions have been applied to Russian energy companies, banks, military suppliers and the “shadow fleet” of ships carrying Russian oil. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Brits want to live in Russia to get away from UK as there's 'no crime and streets are clean'

Thousands of unhappy westerners have applied to move to Russia under a 'shared values' visa introduced by Vladimir Putin last year, as they claim the UK is now simply too woke

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