4 d. ago Russia 'using oil tankers as drone platforms' to launch attacks against Europe

As the Kremlin expands its threats towards the west Ukraine's leader warns Russia is using oil tankers as massive attack platforms from where troops can launch drone attacks against European targets

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4 d. ago Britain might 'already be at war with Russia' as Putin launches cyber

Eliza Manningham-Buller said Moscow's 'extensive' deployment of cyber attacks, intelligence work, 'physical attacks' and 'sabotage' in Britain are tantamount to conflict.

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5 d. ago Zelenskyy says Russia launched 500 drones and 40 missiles in ‘vile attack’ on Ukraine – Ukraine war live

Twelve-year-old girl among those killed in Kyiv as Ukraine president condemns ‘brutal’ Russian strikesHere are some of the latest images being sent to us over the newswires from Kyiv, where some residents have fled to metro stations for safety to escape the Russian attack:In a post to Telegram this morning, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia launched about 500 drones and over 40 missiles in the overnight attack on Ukraine, killing four people and damaging civilian infrastructure. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Russia launches one of biggest drone strikes on Kyiv since war began

Poland responded by closing airspace near its southeastern cities of Lublin and Rzeszow

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6 d. ago World is 'one minute to doomsday' warns Putin nuclear ally Belarus as it takes delivery of Russian nuclear missiles that could hit London in eight minutes

Speaking at the UN, foreign minister Maxim Ryzhenkov warned the world is the 'closest ever' to midnight, three years after Russia's Vladimir Putin launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine.

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7 d. ago Russia launches 'Orthodox WhatsApp' after Kremlin crackdown on Meta's messenger

As fears of World War 3 continue to grow due to Russian incursions into NATO territory, Russia's Orthodox church appeared to release its own app to appeal to the more religious subjects, but not all is as it seems

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9 d. ago Russia reportedly 'launches cyber attack' on NATO country plane carrying defence minister

The Spanish Air Force plane was flying over the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad on its way to Lithuania with defence minister Margarita Robles on board.

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1 week ago NATO scrambles jets AGAIN as Russia launches airstrikes near Poland in fresh WW3 fears

The latest incursion comes after the EU slammed an 'unacceptable' violation of its airspace when Russian fighters strayed into Estonia on Friday, sparking immediate alarm

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1 week ago Nato planes are scrambled in Poland again after Putin launched two more waves of deadly attacks on Ukraine

Nato planes were scrambled in Poland early on Saturday after Russia launched airstrikes targeting neighbouring Ukraine. 

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1 week 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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2 w. ago Outgoing MI6 chief says Putin has ‘bitten off more than he can chew’ in Ukraine

Richard Moore said Russia was unlikely to win on battlefield, as his agency launched call to recruit spiesUK politics live – latest updatesEurope live – latest updatesThe outgoing head of MI6 has issued a damning indictment of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying that Vladimir Putin has “bitten off more than he can chew”.Richard Moore, known within MI6 as C, used his farewell speech in Istanbul to say that while Russia was unlikely to win on the battlefield, his agency was seeking to recruit spies inside Russia and worldwide in order to fight back. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Vladimir Putin embarrassed by major blow after key chemical plant hit in audacious strike

Ukraine has showed it is able to launch it's drones further into Russia as it hits three sites - including chemical plants and oil refineries - crucial to Putin's evil war machine

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3 w. ago Russia and Belarus launch military exercise that fueled Western concerns

Russia and Belarus have launched a long-planned joint military exercise involving thousands of troops that has raised concern in the West

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3 w. ago Sir Keir Starmer issues statement after Poland shoots down Russian drones in 'unprecedented attack'

The Prime Minister has expressed his support for Poland after Russia launched drones into the country

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3 w. ago Poland says it shot down Russian drones that violated its airspace during bombardment of Ukraine

Poland says that it and its NATO allies had shot down Russian drones that violated Polish airspace in what it called an “act of aggression” as Russia launched aerial attacks on Ukraine

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3 w. ago ‘Putin wants us to panic’: Why Russia launched the largest aerial strike of the war so far

The Russian army launched a fresh drone assault on Kyiv on Sunday thought to be the largest of the war so far

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3 w. ago EU and US officials meet as Trump says he is ready to impose further sanctions on Russia

Europe and US consider further actions to weaken Russia after it launched its largest-ever air attack on Ukraine over the weekendThe EU’s most senior sanctions envoy is holding talks in Washington with US officials after Donald Trump said he was ready to take further action against Russia over the war in Ukraine.David O’Sullivan, the EU sanctions envoy, is meeting US counterparts on Monday, as Europe and the US look for tougher measures to weaken Vladimir Putin’s war machine after Russia launched its largest-ever air attack on Ukraine over the weekend. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Putin hits main Ukraine government building in deadly attacks with baby killed

Russia has launched its largest aerial attack on the country since the war began after hitting Ukraine with 805 drones and decoys, according to Ukrainian officials

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last month Russia launches over 500 drones and missiles at Ukraine as Zelenskyy seeks more support

Russia has launched over 500 drones and two dozen missiles at Ukraine, targeting civilian infrastructure, especially energy facilities

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last month Ukraine war briefing: No action from Trump as another Putin deadline passes

US president ‘very disappointed’ in Russian ruler; Trump had promised to get Putin to negotiating table with Volodymr Zelenskyy. What we know on day 1,288Donald Trump took no apparent action at the passing of his latest deadline for Vladimir Putin to come to the negotiating table with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He was “very disappointed” in the Russian ruler, and was planning on “doing something to help people live”, said the US president, without any specifics. He was speaking on the radio show of Scott Jennings, a US conservative pundit.Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that Russia was engaged in a new troop buildup in certain sectors of the frontline and still launching strikes on Ukrainian targets. “Now we see another buildup of Russian forces in certain sectors of the front. [Putin] refuses to be forced into peace Russia continues to launch strikes. Of course, we will respond to this,” said the Ukrainian president in his nightly address.European allies are ready to contribute to po...

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