9 h. ago Penny Mordaunt urges UK to boost defence spending to counter Russia’s threat

Penny Mordaunt said the UK is "still holding back on defence spending" and needs to go further in order to deter Russia when she appeared on BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on 9 March.

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31 h. ago Russia launches devastating attack on Ukraine after Trump’s defence of Putin

Latest attacks came hours after Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin was ‘doing what anybody would do’Ukraine war – live updatesRussia launched a devastating attack on Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens more, hours after Donald Trump defended Vladimir Putin and said the Kremlin leader was “doing what anybody would do”.Two ballistic missiles hit the centre of Dobropillia in the eastern Donetsk region. Fire engulfed a five-storey apartment building. As emergency services arrived, Russia launched another strike on the same area. Eleven civilians were killed, with five children among the 30 injured. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Trump threatens Russia with ‘large scale’ sanctions after massive missile attack on Ukraine

It’s unclear what sanctions Trump could levy as Moscow is already subject to a worldwide campaign of penalties that began three years ago

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55 h. ago Trump threatens Russia with ‘large scale’ sanctions after massive missile attack

After weeks of softening American policy towards Russia by pulling military and intelligence support for Ukraine’s defense, President Donald Trump threatened Moscow with further economic and trade sanctions after a massive Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian port city of Odessa triggered fires and damaged energy infrastructure.

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60 h. ago Russia launches ‘massive missile and drone’ attack on Ukraine energy plants

Officials say Russia targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in a large-scale missile and drone bombardment during the night

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2 d. ago EU leaders hail ‘historic’ decision to boost defence as Macron says Putin is a ‘revisionist imperialist’ – live

European Union chiefs outline plan to scale up Europe’s defence amid ‘clear and present danger’ from Russia as Zelenskyy plans to travel to RiyadhNorwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre has been speaking in the country’s parliament in the last few minutes, announcing plans to “significantly” increase spending to help Ukraine defend itself.He warned that the country was facing “the most serious security situation since the second world war.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Europe must do whatever it can to keep Mr Trump from siding with the Kremlin

Editorial: Britain was notably absent from the EU’s emergency defence summit – but Sir Keir Starmer has already assembled a ‘coalition of the willing’ to support Ukraine, and established himself as the nearest thing to a replacement leader of the free world

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4 d. ago DAILY MAIL COMMENT: US arms freeze shows impotence of Europe

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: By freezing all US military aid to Ukraine, Donald Trump is dealing a crippling blow to its brave defence against Vladimir Putin 's war machine.

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4 d. ago Zelensky cracks under Trump pressure after US president axes aid to Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelensky said he is ready to enter peace talks under Donald Trump’s leadership, just hours after the US announced it was stopping all military aid to Ukraine

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5 d. ago Zelensky bows to pressure as Trump halts US weapons to Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelensky said he is ready to enter peace talks under Donald Trump’s leadership, just hours after the US announced it was stopping all military aid to Ukraine

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5 d. ago Ukraine could be left defenceless against Putin’s aerial drone attacks within days

Multiple sources told The Independent that supplies of US Patriot missiles could run out within days. Within hours, Volodymyr Zelensky had voiced regret for his clash with Donald Trump at the White House

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5 d. ago Voices: Ukraine will run out of US air defence support in days – and Putin knows it

Long-range US Patriot missiles protect Volodymyr Zelensky’s offices. They guard Ukraine’s handful of functioning airfields. In a few days, Russia will have a strategic advantage, warns World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley

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7 d. ago Tulsi Gabbard drops Ukraine bombshell after disastrous Trump and Zelensky White House meeting

Donald Trump's new DNI Tulsi Gabbard unleashed a verbal attack on Ukraine for 'cancelling elections,' wartime moves against churches and 'government control of the media.'

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7 d. ago Watch live as Keir Starmer gives urgent press conference after crisis talks on Ukraine

Keir Starmer will address the nation after gathering European allies in London to hammer out a way to end the war in Ukraine after Donald Trump's attack on Ukraine's Zelensky

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8 d. ago Trump's disgraceful attack on Ukraine's Zelensky shows why UK needs billions to rearm

After Donald Trump lambasts Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, it is clearer than ever before that Europe needs to look to its own defences

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9 d. ago Crowded Ukrainian hospital is blown up in Russian kamikaze drone attack

A Ukrainian hospital has been hit by a Russian kamikaze drone strike just hours after Volodymyr Zelensky was banished from the White House following a row with US President Donald Trump. 

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9 d. ago Ukrainian ambassador on brink of tears during vile Trump attack as Kremlin celebrates

Heartbreaking footage from the Oval Office shows Oksana Markarova on the brink of tears as Donald Trump and JD Vance tried to bully Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

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1 week ago Watch: Starmer defends cutting foreign aid budget to boost defence spending

Watch as Sir Keir Starmer holds a press conference on Tuesday, 25 February, after announcing he will slash the foreign aid budget to hike defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP to counter “tyrants” like Vladimir Putin.

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1 week ago Starmer slams accusation he is ‘Farage in disguise’ over defence spending increase

Sir Keir Starmer dismissed an accusation he is "Nigel Farage in disguise" over his plans to slash the foreign aid budget to hike defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP to counter “tyrants” like Vladimir Putin.

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1 week ago Watch live: Starmer defends cutting foreign aid budget to boost defence spending

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer holds a press conference on Tuesday, 25 February, after announcing he will slash the foreign aid budget to hike defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP to counter “tyrants” like Vladimir Putin.

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