3 h. ago Sea drones are forcing Russia to retreat. Ukraine eyes up even more complex attacks

Group 13 operates the Magura family of drones, which Ukraine credits with multiple strikes on Russian ships

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17 h. ago As sea drones force Russia to retreat, Ukraine examines ways to launch more complex attacks

A top Ukrainian sea-drone commander says more complex attacks on Russian forces are expected next year as Kyiv’s uncrewed fleet continues to restrict the once-dominant Black Sea navy

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38 h. ago Putin is ready to fight but Britain is not, as shock figures show stark reality of our ‘hollowed out’ Armed Forces

BRITAIN’S “hollowed out” Armed Forces are not ready for war with Russia, defence chiefs have warned. We need more soldiers, warships and combat aircraft if we ever have to help Nato defeat tyrant president Vladimir Putin. The disclosure comes after the Russian leader declared he was prepared to go to war with Europe if peace...

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4 d. ago Putin declares Russia will take all of Ukraine’s Donbas region by force

The Russian president stated Ukrainian troops must leave the Donbas region or Russia will use the military to take it

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5 d. ago Russia warns of WW3 as Air Force nuclear specialist says 'avoid 3 UK towns'

Major General of Aviation Vladimir Popov, Vladimir Putin's biggest mouthpiece, sparked all-out war fears by responding to NATO's plans to strike Russia in a "more aggressive way" this week.

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5 d. ago Air Force nuclear specialist warns 'stay away from 3 UK towns' as Russia warns of WW3

EXCLUSIVE: Gene Sticco, national security expert and ex-Air Force nuclear protection specialist, has weighed in on the current state of global conflict and where we might want to avoid in the outbreak of a Third World War

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8 d. ago Ukrainian naval drones strike two Russian oil tankers in Black Sea

Kyiv tries to pile pressure on Russia with attack on empty vessels on way to load up with oil for foreign marketsUkrainian naval drones hit two tankers operating under sanctions in the Black Sea as they headed to a Russian port to load up with oil destined for foreign markets, an official said on Saturday, as Kyiv tries to pile pressure on Russia’s vast oil industry.The two oil tankers, identified as the Kairos and Virat, were empty and sailing to Novorossiysk, a major Russian Black Sea oil terminal, the official at the security service of Ukraine told Reuters. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Moment deadly sea drones destroy two tankers from Putin's shadow fleet in dramatic fireballs in major victory for Ukraine

Extraordinary footage shows the unmanned craft - deployed by Ukraine's secret service - skimming across the Black Sea before slamming into the hulking vessels.

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8 d. ago Ukraine drones strike Russian ‘shadow fleet’ oil tankers in Black Sea

Sea Baby naval drones had disabled vessels capable of transporting oil worth almost $70 million

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8 d. ago Russian shadow fleet tanker bursts into flames and explodes in Black Sea after Ukraine drone strike

Two Russian sea tankers exploded into fireballs after they were hit by a coordinated Ukraine drone attack in the Black Sea.

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8 d. ago Ukraine's naval drones strike Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea off the Turkish coast

Ukraine has used Sea Baby naval drones to strike two Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea

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1 week ago Putin makes chilling nuclear threat and warns Russia is ready to fight 'until the last Ukrainian dies'

Putin has made a nuclear threat after he warned that if Ukraine doesn't withdraw its troops under Donald Trump's proposed peace deal, Russia will have to achieve its objectives by force. 

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1 week ago Putin makes chilling nuclear threat and warns fighting will only stop when Ukraine's troops withdraw

Putin has made a nuclear threat after he warned that if Ukraine doesn't withdraw its troops under Donald Trump's proposed peace deal, Russia will have to achieve its objectives by force. 

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2 w. ago Moment Ukrainian deep strike drone shoots down Russian helicopter in attack that ‘changes rules of war’

THIS is the moment Ukrainian forces down a prize Russian helicopter with a brutal new tactic for the first time. Troops shot down an £11million Mi-8 helicopter with a deep strike drone inside Russia, Ukraine's Special Forces said. Scope-view footage of the incredible take down shows the helicopter wavering in the bottom of the shot,...

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2 w. ago Zelenskyy says Ukraine has impossible choice as Trump pushes plan to end war

US president demands that Kyiv accepts plan that would mean giving up territory to RussiaVolodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine faces one of the most difficult moments in its history, after Donald Trump demanded Kyiv accepts within days a US-backed “peace plan” that would force it to give up territory to Russia and make other painful concessions.Trump confirmed on Friday morning that next Thursday – Thanksgiving in the US – would be an “acceptable” deadline for Zelenskyy to sign the deal, which European and Ukrainian officials have said amounts to a “capitulation”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago What a carved up Ukraine could look like if US and Russia peace deal is forced on Zelensky from surrendering Donbas to a drastically reduced military and Putin's language demands

A graphic shows how, if accepted, the 28-point plan would carve up the country's territory, surrendering the entirety of the mineral-rich eastern Donbas region to the Kremlin.

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2 w. ago France says US making Ukraine 'capitulate' under secret Trump

France has accused the US of pressuring Ukraine to “capitulate” under a new 28-point peace plan drafted with Russia, which would force Kyiv to hand over territory and slash its army by half

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2 w. ago Trump's officials arrive in Ukraine in bid to force Zelensky into accepting peace deal "heavily tilted towards Russia" that will see them hand land to Putin and cut back their military'

The 28-point proposal, which would require Ukraine to cede the remainder of the Donbas region to Moscow and cut the size of its military by half, is likely to be viewed as surrender in Kyiv.

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2 w. ago US and Russian officials draft plan to end Ukraine war based on capitulation from Kyiv

It is unclear if Trump administration backs deal that would mean Kyiv giving up territory and slashing size of militaryUS and Russian officials have quietly drafted a new plan to end the war in Ukraine that would require Kyiv to surrender territory and severely limit the size of its military, it was reported on Wednesday as Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least 25 people in the city of Ternopil.The draft plan, which was reportedly developed by Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, and the Kremlin adviser Kirill Dmitriev, would force draconian measures on Ukraine that would give Russia unprecedented control over the country’s military and political sovereignty. The plan is likely to be viewed as surrender in Kyiv. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump 'will force Zelensky into accepting peace deal with Russia that hands over land and slashes Ukraine's army'

The United States has signalled to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky that he will be forced to accept a deal with Russia that would see Ukraine hand over land to Russia. 

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