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A former top British diplomat has told Sky News he is “wary” about the prospect of UK troops being sent to Ukraine as part of a potential “peacekeeping” force. Lord Peter Ricketts, a former national security adviser to David Cameron, said it needed to be made “very clear” what role British troops would play and…
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Ukraine ‘launches drone attack on southern Russia’ Ukraine launched a drone attack on Russia’s southern Krasnodar region last night, leaving one person injured, the governor of the region reports this morning. In a post on Telegram, governor Veniamin Kondratyev called the attack “massive”, but did not provide further detail. He also reported that at least 12…
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Over in Paris, European leaders are preparing to hold talks on the war in Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron has rallied the likes of Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at a hastily arranged Paris summit to discuss Ukraine’s next steps. The French president will look to recapture Ukraine’s future at the informal meeting,…
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By Adam Parsons, Sky News Europe correspondent There is no disguising this now. Plenty of Europe’s most prominent politicians are deeply rattled by what they’ve heard from those at the top of the Trump White House and worried about the consequences. Emmanuel Macron, inevitably, has come to the fore, once again positioning himself as the continent’s…
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Russia has what it needs to fight on in Ukraine for at least another year, according to experts at a leading security research organisation. Moscow’s forces are slowly but steadily advancing in what has become a war of attrition, the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said. “Attrition being such an important factor on…
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Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump agreed that “the time has come for our countries to work together” during their phone call, the Kremlin has said. Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the Russian president invited Trump to visit Moscow and expressed readiness to receive American officials in Russia. “The topic of Ukraine settlement was also discussed. President Trump…
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Donald Trump has suggested that Ukraine could be Russian in the future – a statement that will set alarm bells ringing in Kyiv amid discussions over potential peace talks. “They may make a deal, they may not make a deal. They may be Russian someday, or they may not be Russian someday,” Trump told Fox…
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On the day China’s retaliatory tariffs on the US were due to take effect, the world has been blind sided by Donald Trump’s latest bombshell – a blanket 25% tariff on steel and aluminium exports to the US. There are no exceptions. This is an across-the-board levy. Canada, Mexico, and Brazil will be hit hard as major steel exporting…
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State TV reports exit poll that suggests Belarusian President Lukashenko gained 87.6% of the vote, giving him a seventh term in office. State TV reports exit poll that suggests Belarusian President Lukashenko gained 87.6% of the vote, giving him a seventh term in office. The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign…
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Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., told Newsmax on Saturday that more than China and Russia, “debt and deficits are the greatest threat to America being a strong nation.” While President-elect Donald Trump’s ambitious agenda will face challenges at home and abroad, Stuzman said the key to a strong nation starts with financial security but that the GOP also needs to “focus on…
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The leader of Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria has travelled to Moscow since the suspension of Russian gas deliveries via Ukraine, says Moldova’s president. Transnistria has suffered widespread power cuts since 1 January when Russia’s Gazprom suspended gas exports to the region over an alleged $709m (£582m) debt, a figure fiercely disputed by Moldova’s pro-Western…
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New Delhi’s foreign ministry says one Indian apparently recruited by the Russian army has been killed, while another is receiving treatment for injuries at a hospital in Moscow. It said Narendra Modi’s government has “strongly taken up” the matter with the authorities in Moscow and with the Russian embassy in New Delhi. The ministry also…
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Moscow says it has downed six US-made ATACMS and six UK-made Storm Shadow missiles fire by Ukraine. The Kremlin said the missiles were all aimed at the Bryansk region of Russia, but were all shot down successfully. “The actions of the Kyiv regime, supported by its Western curators, will not go unanswered,” the defence ministry…
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Russia’s foreign minster is asked a short and direct question about what Moscow expects from Donald Trump as president. Sergei Lavrov (Russia’s foreign minister) says during today’s conference that he expects the new president’s focus will be domestic for now, given the fires in California and his promises on massive migrant deportations. “He has first…
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Away from our updates on Sergei Lavrov’s news conference for a moment, NATO has announced it will launch a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea. Speaking in Helsinki, NATO chief Mark Rutte said there was reason for “great concern” that undersea infrastructure was under threat. Several incidents have taken place on…
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At an annual conference today, Moscow-based journalist and Sky News correspondent Ivor Bennett asked the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, about how Donald Trump will affect potential peace negotiations. Lavrov says the Kremlin will study any peace initiative for Ukraine put forward by Washington once the president-elect takes office next Monday. The Russian diplomat also…
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