7 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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1 week ago People think they know what war is. Here’s what I learned in seven years on Ukraine’s frontline

Tanks, soldiers, explosions and tears are the cliches that movies and news reels show us. The reality is an integration of horror and the mundane, as those who have chosen to stay cling to as much normality as they canWatch the Guardian documentary here“I often have the same dream: that I’m trying to get home,” says Elena Lebedeva, setting out tea and sandwiches in the tiny kitchen of her rented flat. “There’s always some checkpoint, obstacle, something in the way. I keep going – walking, running, crawling – but I never manage to reach it.”Home for Lebedeva is Opytne, a tiny village – one school, no supermarkets – just outside Donetsk.Elena Lebedeva with her husband, Rodion, outside their new apartment block in Kryvyi Rih, 2023 Continue reading...

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1 week ago Parents of young British man killed in Ukraine say Foreign Office was unhelpful

Marlyn Tarmey joined the foreign legion to fight in Ukraine in March 2024, but was killed in June that same year at just 20 years old.

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1 week ago Putin makes major decree as WW3 fears increase after 135,000 more soldiers conscripted

Over 135,000 soldiers have been called up by the Kremlin to fight in Ukraine, as Russia continues to pummel targets in Kyiv while crossing into NATO airspace in a huge escalation

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2 w. ago Safety fears as external power to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant still out after three days

Ukrainian officials among those concerned Russia is manufacturing crisis to keep hold of frontline plantExternal power to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been cut for more than three days, a record outage that has prompted safety concerns over the six-reactor site on the frontline of the Ukraine war.Emergency generators are being used to power cooling and safety systems after the final power line into the plant was cut on the Russian side at 4.56pm on Tuesday and there is no immediate sign that the line will be reconnected. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago European countries must be ready to fight Russia as part of security guarantees for Ukraine, says Finland’s president

The Finnish leader said new security guarantees being discussed could see European countries engage militarily with Russia

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2 w. ago Security guarantees for Ukraine require readiness to fight Russia, says Finland’s president

Exclusive: Alexander Stubb says a plausible deterrent and ‘American backstop’ are needed in the event of a future peace dealFinland’s president, Alexander Stubb, has said security guarantees for Ukraine, which are being discussed by the so-called “coalition of the willing”, would compel the European countries that sign to fight Russia if Moscow launched military action against Ukraine again in future.“Security guarantees in essence are a deterrent. That deterrent has to be plausible and in order for it to be plausible it has to be strong,” Stubb told the Guardian, in an interview in Helsinki before travelling to New York for the UN general assembly. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ukraine expects $3.5 billion fund for US weapons to sustain fight against Russia, Zelenskyy says

Ukraine expects to have a $3.5 billion fund by next month to buy weapons from the U.S. and sustain its fight against Russia's invasion

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3 w. ago Putin drafts Playboy editor to fight in Ukraine war as he's sent to frontline

The former editor-in-chief of Playboy in Russia has been drafted by Putin to fight against Ukraine in the war and in return he'll have charges of embezzlement against him dropped

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3 w. ago Putin dons his military fatigues to visit Zapad war games 500miles from the frontline

Vladimir Putin wore his military fatigues today on a visit to the Zapad 2025 war games around 500 miles away from the nearest frontline, while his trooped unleashed a drone in Kharkiv, east Ukraine.

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3 w. ago 'It is time to call Putin's WW3 bluff': Russia's drone incursions are the signal NATO must now join the fight in Ukraine or risk European invasion, experts warn

Military experts have warned NATO must take seriously the recent drone incursions into eastern Europe or risk invasion in the wake of recent drone incursions

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3 w. ago The forgotten town on the frontline of Britain's migrant crisis: How locals in Dover have been left behind by the small boats war

The Dover coastline is a key arrival point for Channel crossings and with more than 182,000 people reaching England since the migrant crisis began.

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