4 h. ago Putin's military tactics questioned as 'why liberate Ukraine when we can obliterate and rebuild'

Putin's mouthpiece Vladimir Solovyov spouted more pro-Kremlin propaganda, suggesting the military 'erases Ukraine off the face of the earth' with missiles and 'rebuilds it from scratch'

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52 h. ago Michael Owen makes spiky comment about Man United icon's treatment of Ruben Amorim

Some of Ruben Amorim's former players and pundits have been questioning the Manchester United manager's tactics, but Michael Owen believes that the scrutiny is 'embarrassing'

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3 d. ago Putin admits Russia to blame for Azerbaijan Christmas plane crash that killed 38

Vladimir Putin has finally admitted his military’s role in the Azerbaijani plane crash following accusations from Baku that Moscow tried to 'hush up' the tragedy

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9 d. ago Putin appears to threaten Europe as he challenges 'anyone who has the desire' to compete with Russia 'in the military sphere'

Addressing the Valdai Discussion Club, a forum of Russia experts, in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Putin said Russia had shown through centuries that it would retaliate if provoked.

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1 week ago Democrats liken Trump to Putin after call to use US cities for military training

Illinois governor JB Pritzker and others condemn the US president for suggesting cities be used as military training groundsA leading Democrat has compared Donald Trump to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin after the US president told military leaders on Tuesday that the armed forces should use US cities as “training grounds”.JB Pritzker, the governor of Illinois, which is bracing for Trump to deploy national guard troops to his state, questioned the president’s mental health and accused him of behaving like an autocrat. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump and Putin are threatening to carve up Europe between them. Suddenly, it all feels a bit 1939 | Simon Tisdall

Forget the US president’s seeming volte-face on Ukraine this week: he and Putin fundamentally agree that European liberal democracy is the problemFor many people in eastern Europe, August 1939 may not feel that long ago. That was the moment Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Soviet Union secretly agreed to partition Poland and forcibly subsume the sovereign Baltic republics and Finland into their totalitarian “spheres of influence”. The world knows what came next.Now the question arises: is it happening again? This time around, it’s Donald Trump’s United States and Vladimir Putin’s Russia making the big geopolitical power-play – and, once again, all of Europe is potential prey. Notwithstanding last week’s sparring over Ukraine, the two leaders’ core aims appear closely aligned.Simon Tisdall is a Guardian foreign affairs commentator Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Drones buzz Danish military bases as fears grow that Putin is turning up the pressure on Nato member country

The Danish defense ministry confirmed that drones were spotted at 'defense facilities' including Skrydstrup Air Base and the Jutland Dragoon Regiment overnight Friday.

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2 w. ago Star wars nuke fears: Germany reveals two of Putin's spy satellites are 'chasing' its own military satellites and warns Russia may deploy nuclear weapons in space

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius warned on Thursday about the growing threat posed by Russian space activities.

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2 w. ago Arsenal: Mikel Arteta defends tactics as pundits question 'handbrake on' approach

The Gunners’ overly cautious approach was critiqued as they drew with Man City last time out

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3 w. ago Putin humiliated as toilet sign broadcast by top ally reveals Russia military site

One of Vladimir Putin's chief propagandists, Vladimir Solovyov, embarrassingly revealed the Rubicon HQ, a top military site that has previously been targeted by Ukrainian drones

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3 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 Vladimir Putin observes joint military exercise with Belarus

Vladimir Putin has observed a joint military exercise with Belarus, as tensions across Europe continue to rise after Russian drones flew into Polish airspace last week.

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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 Voices: Nato’s new red lines could turn Ukraine into a no man’s land

After provocative incursions over Poland and Romania by Russian drones, Nato’s response – to deploy military equipment along its eastern flank – might actually suit Vladimir Putin, says Mark Almond

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4 w. ago ‘You’d need Keane and Gerrard’: Pundits question Man United system after heavy derby loss

Micah Richards and Gary Neville questioned the tactical set-up after United’s midfield was overrun in the 3-0 loss to Manchester City

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4 w. ago NATO scrambles war planes in Romania and Poland after Putin flies military drone over Romanian territory in latest Kremlin test of Europe's mettle

Sirens sounded and an air raid threat was declared as Warsaw announced Polish and allied fighter jets were operating due to Russian drones buzzing border regions of Ukraine.

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last month NATO races to defend eastern flank as Putin begins nuclear missile and military drills

'NATO is launching Eastern Sentry to bolster our posture even further along our eastern flank,' Rutte told a joint news conference with NATO's top commander in Europe.

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last month Putin's threat to the West: Russia begins huge 'Zapad' military drills involving new Oreshnik nuclear missiles days after using drones to test NATO weaknesses as fears grow over European invasion

Poland, Lithuania and Latvia have ramped up security ahead of the drills, with Poland ordering the complete closure of its border with Belarus for their duration

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