33 h. ago Moscow court sends US citizen awaiting trial to a psychiatric hospital

Russian state media say a U.S. citizen awaiting trial in Moscow has been forcibly admitted to a psychiatric hospital

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4 d. ago Trial of former Russian minister ‘not about Vladimir Putin’, jurors told

Dmitrii Ovsiannikov is facing seven counts of circumventing sanctions in the UK.

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7 d. ago Starmer speaks to Zelensky days before meeting of military leaders

The Prime Minister spoke with the Ukrainian president on Monday evening.

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1 week ago Wife of former Russian minister cries during UK sanctions trial

Ekaterina Ovsiannikova told Southwark Crown Court she ‘did not have a clue’ that sanctions imposed on her husband would affect her family.

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2 w. ago Russian captain of North Sea crash ship given January trial date

Vladimir Motin faced the Old Bailey by videolink on Friday.

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2 w. ago Putin will face ‘severe consequences’ for breaching any peace deal, Starmer says

The Prime Minister said he was ‘certain’ the Russian president would flout the terms of a truce unless security arrangements were in place.

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2 w. ago Putin will breach peace deal unless it is defended, Starmer says

The Prime Minister said he was ‘certain’ the Russian president would flout the terms of a truce unless security arrangements were in place.

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2 w. ago Starmer tells Trump Ukraine must be put in ‘strongest possible position’

The US president and Vladimir Putin are due to speak on Tuesday about the US-Ukraine plan for a 30-day ceasefire.

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3 w. ago More than 30 countries ready to play part in ‘coalition of the willing’ – No 10

A ‘significant number’ of countries will provide troops on the ground, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman told reporters.

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3 w. ago Kremlin ramps up WW3 fears with brutal statement labelling Keir Starmer 'a scumbag'

Dmitry Medvedev, a former Prime Minister who is one of Vladimir Putin's top allies in the Kremlin, branded Keir Starmer a 'scumbag' over his peacekeeping plan for Ukraine

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3 w. ago Donald Trump to speak to Vladimir Putin as UK minister issues 'extraordinary escalation' warning

Wes Streeting suggested the prospect of a clash between Russian soldiers and British peacekeeping troops would be sufficient to deter Vladimir Putin from breaching a ceasefire

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3 w. ago Military chiefs to meet in London as ‘coalition of the willing’ talks continue

Sir Keir Starmer announced that plans for a peacekeeping operation would move into an ‘operational phase’.

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3 w. ago Ukraine ceasefire plans moving to operational phase, Starmer says

UK prime minister accuses Putin of trying to delay peace and calls for ‘guns to fall silent’Keir Starmer has called for the “guns to fall silent in Ukraine” and said military powers will meet next week as plans to secure a peace deal move to an “operational phase”.The UK prime minister said Vladimir Putin’s “yes, but” approach to a proposed ceasefire was not good enough, and the Russian president would have to negotiate “sooner or later”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Putin must stop playing games with peace, Starmer says, ahead of coalition call

The Prime Minister will host a video call on Saturday, with as many as 25 countries, to develop a peacekeeping mission.

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3 w. ago G7 warns Russia of expanded sanctions unless it backs ceasefire

Rubio joins other foreign ministers in seeking to ratchet up pressure on Vladimir Putin

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3 w. ago Putin’s ‘appetite for conflict’ will grow without Ukraine peace deal – Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer’s comments came as diplomatic efforts continued to find an end to the war triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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3 w. ago Ukraine war live: Russian operation in Kursk is in final stage, Kremlin claims, as US negotiators head to Moscow

Russian operation to expel Ukrainian forces in final stage, claims Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, following visit to region by President Vladimir PutinTrump hints at financial repercussions if Russia rejects Ukraine ceasefireForeign ministers of leading western democracies will meet in Canada on Thursday after seven weeks of rising tensions between Trump and US allies over his upending of foreign policy on Ukraine and imposing of tariffs. The Group of Seven ministers from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States, along with the EU, meet in the remote tourist town of La Malbaie, nestled in the Quebec hills for two days of meetings that in the past have broadly been consensual on the issues they face. Top of the agenda for Washington’s partners will be getting a debriefing on US secretary of state Marco Rubio’s talks on Tuesday with Kyiv in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where Ukraine said it was ready to support a 30-day ceasefire deal.But in the run-up to the...

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3 w. ago Starmer hails Ukraine ceasefire ‘breakthrough’ as defence chiefs meet for talks

The Prime Minister joined America in urging Vladimir Putin to now agree to the ceasefire, as he insisted the ‘ball is now in the Russian court’.

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