9 h. ago Sweden stockpiles food for first time since Cold War as threat from evil Putin looms

Sweden is pushing ahead with plans to strengthen what it calls its 'total defence' strategy by stockpiling food for the first time since the Cold War as fears of a conflict with Russia loom

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11 h. ago Kremlin denies Trump’s warning that Russian economy set to ‘collapse’

Donald Trump stated that Putin should settle the Ukraine war, which he claimed was making Russia ‘look bad’

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13 h. ago BREAKING: UK strikes 'heart' of Putin's war machine with major sanctions against Russian oil

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper told MPs the government was directly targeting Rosneft and Lukoil - two of the world’s biggest energy companies - to ramp up pressure on Moscow

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18 h. ago Putin’s embarrassing cancellation of Arab summit signals waning influence in Middle East

Trump’s Gaza summit may bring home to Russia how much Ukraine war has damaged its international standingWhen Vladimir Putin first announced he would host a “Russia-Arab world” summit, the Kremlin imagined the region’s leaders flying to Moscow to discuss regional security and energy relations, with the Russian leader presiding.Announced in April and prepared for months, the summit had been scheduled for Wednesday, intended as a showcase of Moscow’s enduring influence in the Middle East and proof it remains far from isolated despite western sanctions. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Nato pushes for more weapons for Ukraine amid fading support and rising airspace tensions

Nato defense ministers will gather to try and drum up military support for Ukraine

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31 h. ago Ukraine war latest: Trump warns Putin has to ‘settle this war’ as it’s ‘not making Russia look good’

US president says he may offer Kyiv long-range Tomahawk missiles as Zelensky prepares for Washington talks

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33 h. ago 'Trump is trying to blackmail Putin' after worrying weapons warning, claims Kremlin mouthpiece

Russian officials claim Donald Trump is trying to blackmail Vladimir Putin as the Russian war on Ukraine continues to rage and Trump has threatened to slap more sanctions on the country

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33 h. ago Putin's closest ally issues chilling nuclear war threat after Trump remarks

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko issued a chilling nuclear war threat after Donald Trump said he would send Tomahawk missile systems to Ukraine

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37 h. ago Ukraine war latest: Russian attack on hospital injures almost 60 ahead of Trump

Zelensky's trip to Washington comes after Trump said he may offer long-range Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv

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59 h. ago To stop Putin’s war, punish refineries processing Russian oil

Western sanctions will not be effective until the loophole for facilities in India, Turkey and China is closed

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64 h. ago Former Russian president responds to Trump’s Tomahawk threat

President Donald Trump said he may offer long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine if Putin does not end the war

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64 h. ago Russia in ‘phase zero’ of WW3 as Putin’s tentacles spread over Europe with drones and ‘little green men’, experts warn

VLADIMIR Putin's shadow war on the West is already under way as the Kremlin has entered what military experts call "Phase Zero". It means Vlad is layering his ominous groundwork for a future conflict with Nato, as his tentacles spread across Europe through espionage, sabotage, drones, and unmarked troops. The chilling warning comes from the...

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3 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Moscow voices ‘extreme concern’ at Trump threat to send Tomohawk missiles to Kyiv

US president says he may warn Russian counterpart ‘look, if this war is not going to get settled, I’m going to send them Tomahawks’. What we know on day 1,328Donald Trump has threatened to send longe-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine if Vladimir Putin does not end his invasion. “I might talk to him [Putin]. I might say, ‘look, if this war is not going to get settled, I’m going to send them Tomahawks,’” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on his way to the Middle East. The US president said Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy had asked for Tomahawks in a call on Saturday when they were discussing a fresh supply of weapons for Kyiv. “Tomahawks are a new step of aggression,” added Trump. “Do they [Russian forces] want to have Tomahawks going in their direction? I don’t think so.” Trump has been mulling potential supplies of the long-range missiles to Kyiv via European allies ever since his meeting with Putin in Alaska in August failed to produce a peace deal. Putin has pre...

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3 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Moscow voices ‘extreme concern’ at Trump threat to send Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv

US president says he may warn Russian counterpart ‘look, if this war is not going to get settled, I’m going to send them Tomahawks’. What we know on day 1,328Donald Trump has threatened to send longe-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine if Vladimir Putin does not end his invasion. “I might talk to him [Putin]. I might say, ‘look, if this war is not going to get settled, I’m going to send them Tomahawks,’” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on his way to the Middle East. The US president said Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy had asked for Tomahawks in a call on Saturday when they were discussing a fresh supply of weapons for Kyiv. “Tomahawks are a new step of aggression,” added Trump. “Do they [Russian forces] want to have Tomahawks going in their direction? I don’t think so.” Trump has been mulling potential supplies of the long-range missiles to Kyiv via European allies ever since his meeting with Putin in Alaska in August failed to produce a peace deal. Putin has pre...

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6 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: 23 children and adolescents brought out of Russian

Rescue was carried out under Zelenskyy’s ‘Bring Kids Back UA’ programme; Trump ‘stepping up pressure’ to end war. What we know on day 1,325Twenty-three Ukrainian children and adolescents have been brought out of Russian-occupied areas of the country to territory under Kyiv’s control, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff said on Thursday. Andriy Yermak, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said the rescue was carried out under the president’s “Bring Kids Back UA” programme aimed at bringing to safe areas children deported to Russia or confined to Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine.US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Washington and Nato allies were “stepping up the pressure” to end the war in Ukraine, after his outreach to Russia’s Vladimir Putin failed to achieve a ceasefire. “Yeah, we are stepping up the pressure,” Trump said in an Oval Office during a meeting with Finnish President Alexander Stubb. “We’re stepping it up together. We’re all stepping it up. Nato h...

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7 d. ago Unity is desperately needed, but the EU prefers turf wars to facing down Russia | Paul Taylor

Failure to agree a common defence strategy risks emboldening Vladimir Putin. The squabbles have to stopThe closer Russia’s hybrid war comes to European capitals, the less EU leaders seem able to agree on how to respond. That, at least, was the worrying impression left by a dissonant EU summit in Copenhagen. Summoned last week to build consensus on the top priorities for European rearmament, the meeting was an embarrassing display of the turf wars, political squabbles and hidden agendas that are plaguing attempts to build a coherent European defence. Leaders quarrelled not only about who should be in charge of Europe’s military buildup but also about how to fund Ukraine’s continued resistance against Russian aggression, and how to advance Kyiv’s bid for EU membership.They voiced alarm at repeated breaches of their airspace by drones buzzing European airports and military bases, and Russian fighter jets violating their borders but appeared unsure how to react. Shoot them down? Escort ...

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8 d. ago Russia's World War 3 threat to UK as Putin ally says 'burn down satanic island'

Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Solovyov has stirred up more World War Three fears with a tirade against the UK which he has branded a "satanic island" which Russia should "burn down"

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9 d. ago Ukraine's ex PM accuses China of being an 'accomplice' to Putin's invasion and is 'financing Russia's war chest' by buying oil from Moscow

Arseniy Yatsenyuk lashed out at Beijing , dismissing claims the Asian superpower was 'neutral' in Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin 's murderous effort to overrun Ukraine.

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9 d. ago How Merkel cosied up to Putin: As former German leader blames Poland for war in Ukraine, how she blocked Ukraine's NATO membership, filled Russia's war coffers and tried to build ties with Vladimir

Most recently, in an explosive interview with Hungarian outlet Partizan, the former chancellor blamed Poland and the Baltic states for Putin 's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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1 week ago Angela Merkel says Poland and the Baltic states are responsible for Putin's war in Ukraine

Germany's former Chancellor Angela Merkel has blamed Poland and the Baltic states for Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. 

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