14 h. ago Kim Jong Un loses 2,000 North Korean troops killed in Putin's Ukraine war

North Korean despot Kim Jong-Un has sent a devastating number of troops to their deaths on the Ukraine 'meat-grinder' frontline, it has emerged, as he arrives by armoured train in Beijing for an 'anti-NATO summit'

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4 d. ago All but one EU states demand Russia ‘stop the killing’ in Ukraine as Zelenskyy urges Monday deadline for Putin meeting – Europe live

EU member states, except Hungary, sign joint statement calling out Russia’s disregard for international lawEuropean Commission president Ursula von der Leyen is in Latvia today, and has been speaking to the media in the last few minutes.Speaking alongside Latvia’s prime minister Evika Siliņa, she praised the country’s work on becoming “a true drone and anti drone powerhouse” in Europe, contributing to Nato’s security in the region bordering with Russia.We know that Europe is only safe if the eastern border is safe.“The risks your country and the other Baltic States warned us about, unfortunately, have materialised. Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine is now in its fourth year, Putin is a predator, Putin’s proxies have been targeting our societies for years with hybrid attacks, with cyber-attacks, [and] the weaponising of migrants is another example.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago At least 23 dead in overnight Kyiv attack as UK and EU summon Russian envoys

Missile strikes on Ukrainian capital hit EU and British Council offices in deadliest assault in monthsThe UK and European Union have summoned their Russian envoys after overnight missile strikes on Kyiv killed at least 23 people and damaged the city’s British Council and EU offices, in the deadliest aerial assault on the Ukrainian capital since the Alaska summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.Four children were among those killed after a residential building in the eastern Darnytskyi district was struck in the middle of the night, according to Ukraine’s interior minister, Ihor Klymenko. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Putin accused of ‘sabotaging peace’ after devastating airstrike on Kyiv kills 23 and hits British Council building

Four children are among the dead after a massive wave of drone and missile attacks

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5 d. ago Attack on British Council is a 'clear message of hostility from Putin'

Vladimir Putin's attack on the British Council building in Kyiv is a 'clear message of hostility', foreign affairs experts have warned. 

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5 d. ago Putin accused of ‘sabotaging peace’ after devastating airstrike on Kyiv kills 21 and hits British Council building

Four children are among the dead after a massive wave of drone and missile attacks

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5 d. ago Putin sees British Council as 'nest of espionage' after 'outrageous' bombing

Russia’s deadly missile strike on Kyiv killed 18, damaged the British Council’s office, seen by Putin as a spy hub, in a deliberate escalation, Western leaders say.

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5 d. ago Putin accused of ‘sabotaging peace’ after devastating airstrike on Kyiv kills 19 and hits British Council building

Four children are among the dead after a massive wave of drone and missile attacks

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5 d. ago At least 21 dead in overnight Kyiv attack as UK and EU summon Russian envoys

Missile strikes on Ukrainian capital hit EU and British Council offices in deadliest assault in monthsThe UK and European Union have summoned their Russian envoys after overnight missile strikes on Kyiv killed at least 21 people and damaged the city’s British Council and EU offices, in the deadliest aerial assault on the Ukrainian capital since the Alaska summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.Four children were among those killed after a residential building in the eastern Darnytskyi district was struck in the middle of the night within the eastern Darnytskyi district, according to Ukraine’s interior minister, Ihor Klymenko. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago UK and EU summon top Russian diplomats after strikes hit British Council and EU offices in deadly attack on Kyiv

Overnight raid kills more than a dozen people as European leaders condemn ‘deliberate’ targeting of civilians and institutionsUkrainian prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko has now responded to the overnight Russian attacks on Kyiv, criticising Moscow for “horrific and deliberate killing of civilians.”“The Russians are not choosing to end the war, only constant expansion of atrocities,” she said.“Overnight in Kyiv, dozens of buildings were hit: residential houses, office centers, civilian enterprises. Among them also the building where the European Union Delegation to Ukraine is located. Russians now believe that they have paralyzed Ukraine’s allies with feigned plans for ‘negotiations’ and endless delays that only serve as methods to buy time with the true goal only of preventing sanctions.“My thoughts are with all those affected by the senseless Russian strikes on Kyiv which have damaged the British Council building. Putin is killing children and civilians, and sabotaging hopes of peac...

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5 d. ago ‘Massive’ Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv kills at least 14 people

Zelenskyy says Moscow ‘chooses ballistics instead of the negotiating table’ after assault affecting more than 20 locations• Europe live – latest updatesRussian airstrikes have killed at least 14 people in a succession of attacks on Kyiv and wounded dozens in the most deadly night raid on the Ukrainian capital since the Alaska summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.Twelve people were reported killed when a five-storey residential building in the eastern Darnytskyi district was struck in the middle of the night, Ukraine’s interior minister, Ihor Klymenko, said. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Ukrainian refugee, 23, who fled Putin's war stabbed to death at train station

Iryna "Ira" Zarutska, 23, fled to the US following Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine but was tragically killed in Charlotte, North Carolina - a man has been charged with her murder

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7 d. ago US offers air and intelligence support to postwar force in Ukraine

Washington prepared to contribute surveillance, command and control and air defence assets, say European officials

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8 d. ago Russian Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin who launched failed rebellion against Putin knew he was 'doomed' before he was killed in plane crash, his mother reveals

The army general and businessman, who founded the notorious Wagner mercenary group, died when his jet crashed in summer 2023, just two months after his short lived mutiny.

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8 d. ago Russsian Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin who launched failed rebellion against Putin knew he was 'doomed' before he was killed in plane crash, his mother reveals

The army general and businessman, who founded the notorious Wagner mercenary group, died when his jet crashed in summer 2023, just two months after his short lived mutiny.

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9 d. ago Ukraine's Bucha Butchers revenge bombing: Military intelligence in Ukraine 'kills three Putin soldiers' involved in 'torture, mutilation and rape atrocities' in 2022

Bucha - a quiet commuter town just outside of Kyiv - became a byword for Russian barbarism in 2022, when retreating Kremlin troops left behind mass graves and streets littered with bodies.

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1 week ago Prigozhin knew he was ‘doomed’ after failed rebellion, says mother

Violetta Prigozhina, 85, says she warned her son not to defy Putin’s authority before he was killed in a plane crashThe Russian warlord and businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin looked “doomed” after his failed mutiny and told his mother he expected to die in the days before his private plane crash.Prigozhin, the founder of the notorious Wagner mercenary group, died when his business jet went down in the summer of 2023, two months after his fighters briefly seized control of the southern city of Rostov-on-Don and advanced towards Moscow in a short-lived rebellion against Russia’s military leadership. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Australian minister says ‘strength not measured by how many people you can blow up’ as row with Netanyahu escalates

Australian home affairs minister’s criticism comes after Israeli prime minister calls Anthony Albanese a ‘weak politician who betrayed Israel’Netanyahu lashes out at AlbaneseFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s government has rejected Benjamin Netanyahu’s incendiary criticism and accused some Israeli politicians of “bigoted” views about Palestinians as the extraordinary political fight between the two nations turns uglier.The home affairs minister, Tony Burke – whose refusal of a travel visa for the far-right Knesset member Simcha Rothman stoked criticism from Jerusalem – backed in his decision and criticised the Israeli prime minister over the war in Gaza, where tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians have been killed in Israel’s military and bombing campaign. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Watch Putin’s reaction as reporter confronts Russian president on civilian killings

Vladimir Putin gave a bizarre response after a reporter questioned him about civilian deaths, just ahead of his meeting with President Donald Trump on Friday, 15 August.

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2 w. ago Chilling sight of Putin shaking his head and shouting over journalists as they demanded to know when he would 'stop killing civilians' in Ukraine

The Kremlin strongman shook his head defiantly, as aids could be heard ushering journalists out of the room, saying 'Thank you, press'.

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