Ukraine
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Russia’s spy agency was likely behind the cyber attack that hit Ukraine’s state registries yesterday, Kyiv’s intelligence service (SBU) has claimed. Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, said the cyber-attack was one of the largest to have hit the country in recent times. In a post on Telegram, the SBU said criminal proceedings have been…
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Mikhail Shatsky, who is said to have overseen the modernisation of Kh-59 and Kh-69 missiles used by Russia against Ukraine, was reportedly shot dead near his home. A Russian weapons expert who helped to develop cruise missiles used in the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine has reportedly been assassinated in a forest in the Moscow region.…
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All eyes are on the conduct of the next government in Syria – whose path may depend on Hayat Tahrir al Sham, the rebel group that led the lightning assault to overthrow the Assad regime. HTS is designated a terrorist organisation in the US and grew out of a branch of al Qaeda. Its leader, Abu…
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Russia on Wednesday said Ukraine launched drone attacks on an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) vehicle, while Ukraine earlier pinned the blame on Russian forces. One of the vehicles of an IAEA team heading to Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant for a planned staff rotation was severely damaged in the attacks on Tuesday, with staff members…
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Donald Trump on Sunday called for an immediate cease-fire in Russia’s war with Ukraine and the president-elect renewed warnings that he was open to pulling the United States out of NATO. Trump made his cease-fire proposal after a weekend meeting in Paris with French and Ukrainian leaders, claiming in a social media post that Kyiv…
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The US is not considering the idea of returning to Ukraine the nuclear weapons it gave up after the Soviet Union collapsed, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan has told ABC. The New York Times had reported unidentified Western officials suggested Joe Biden could give Ukraine the arms before he leaves office. “That is…
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held a joint news conference with the new EU president Antonio Costa in Kyiv. He told reporters there is “still time” for the US to convince “sceptics” in Europe that Ukraine should be allowed to join NATO. He said that any invitation to join must apply to all of Ukraine’s territory –…
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President Vladimir Putin has approved a 25% increase in Russia’s military budget for 2025 to 2027, a document published today confirms. Despite the considerable rise in defence spending, it appears to be the most secretive in post-Soviet history – with a third of it censored from public view. It amounts to around 32.5% of the…
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Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has posted about this week’s aerial attacks on Ukraine. In his post on X, he says Russia has launched 500 aerial bombs, nearly 660 drones, and 120 missiles over the past seven days. “No other country in the world has ever faced such attacks on a daily basis for such a…
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The new European Council president and foreign policy chief are visiting Ukraine on their first day in their jobs. President Antonio Costa, the former prime minister of Portugal, and Kaja Kallas, the bloc’s new high representative for foreign affairs and Estonia’s former leader, are in Kyiv today after being sworn in on Friday. Both leaders…
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On a freezing cold, misty day, small groups of people gather, sometimes hugging, sometimes crying, sometimes just silent. In front of them, the wall of St Michael’s golden-domed monastery in the centre of Kyiv’s old town. The walls are now festooned with the faces of thousands of soldiers, all dead, all killed in this war…
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British troops could end up being sent to Ukraine if Donald Trump slashes US support for Kyiv, former prime minister Boris Johnson has said. A Ukrainian defeat would lead to “an even bigger threat on our borders, the borders of the European continent wherever the democracies butt up against Russia”, he told GB News. Johnson said…
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It is clear what Russia stands to gain from an influx of some 10,000 North Korean troops to aid its war in Ukraine. Less apparent is what might be in it for Kim Jong Un. “North Korea might be getting combat experience with drones and some real combat experience in a 21st century war,” Alexander…
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North Korean soldiers have actively joined fighting alongside Russian forces, according to the US State Department. “Over 10,000 DPRK (North Korean) soldiers have been sent to eastern Russia, and most of them have moved to the far western Kursk Oblast, where they have begun engaging in combat operations with Russian forces,” state department spokesperson Vedant…
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US secretary of state Antony Blinken is heading to Europe for urgent meetings on Ukraine with NATO and European Union officials ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House. The state department will hold talks in Brussels on Wednesday on how to boost support for Ukraine, as Trump has suggested US military assistance to…
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Donald Trump has expressed “interest” in two points of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s so-called “victory plan”, according to a report. The plan outlines five key points – two of which were laid out with Trump specifically in mind, people involved in drawing it up have told the Financial Times. One idea would see some US troops stationed across…
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