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The plan devised by High Representative Kaja Kallas to raise up to €40 billion in fresh military support for Ukraine failed to gain the necessary political traction during a summit of European Union leaders on Thursday, throwing its viability into serious doubt. The reaction was so lukewarm that some diplomats declared the project “dead”. The…
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China’s military said it warned and drove away three Philippine aircraft that “illegally intruded” into the airspace near the Spratly Islands on Thursday (Feb 20). There was no immediate comment from the Philippine embassy in Beijing on the Chinese military’s statement issued on Friday. China’s Southern Theatre Command accused the Philippine side of attempting to…
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Donald Trump says his phone conversation with Volodymyr Zelenskyy “went very well”. “He, like President Putin, wants to make PEACE,” the president posted on social media. “We discussed a variety of topics having to do with the War, but mostly, the meeting that is being set up on Friday in Munich, where Vice President JD…
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Mediators are currently making progress on the issue of allowing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to return back to the north. Up until now, the Israeli tanks are still blocking the coastal road where people were supposed to walk into the north, and we heard some warning gunfire in the last hour or so from…
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Ukraine’s former commander-in-chief and current ambassador to the UK has released an autobiographical book, which will be the first part of a planned trilogy. The book, entitled My War, covers Valerii Zaluzhnyi’s life from his childhood until the outbreak of Russia’s invasion in 2022. In a statement on Telegram, the Ukrainian official said he started working…
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country has been hit by Christmas attacks on its energy infrastructure for the third time since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began. Moscow launched a huge aerial attack on Ukraine’s energy facilities last Friday, which Zelenskyy said was one of the largest yet on the grid. The attack damaged power facilities…
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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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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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The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) conducted a “crucial” test of its latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Hwasongpho-19 on Thursday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Friday. The missile flew a distance of 1,001.2 km for 5,156 seconds before landing on a preset area in the open waters off the country’s…
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As reports emerge that an Israeli soldier has been killed in battle in southern Lebanon (see previous post) the Lebanese health ministry says at least 10 people have died in two separate Israeli strikes on the country. The ministry said on X that five people were killed and 21 wounded after an Israeli raid in…
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“Let me close with this,” says Joe Biden, as he ends his last speech to the UN General Assembly as US president. “We must never forget who we’re here to represent.” He looks back on his decision not to seek a second term as leader: “As much as I love the job, I love my…
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The foreign secretary has said the UK and allies will not be “bullied by Putin’s shameless grandstanding” as the prime minister faces pressure to allow Ukraine to fire British long-range missiles into Russia. David Lammy told Sky News’ Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips the Russian president’s threats to use nuclear weapons if the West sends…
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Vladimir Putin is four months into his fifth term as Russian president and shows no signs of leaving his role. But when the Kremlin leader eventually chooses a successor, the Institute of the Study of War (ISW) says that person is likely to hold the same views as Mr Putin. The institute said in its…
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Ukrainian forces have reportedly recaptured nearly two square kilometers of territory in the northeastern Kharkiv region. The 3rd Separate Assault Brigade said it was behind the counteroffensive, but did not provide any details on when it was launched or what area had been recaptured. As such, it’s difficult to predict whether it will have further…
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Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said Friday that Ukraine’s operation in western Russia’s Kursk region is linked to possible peace talks between the two countries. “In the Kursk region, we can clearly see how the military tool is being used objectively to persuade the Russian Federation to enter a fair negotiation process,” Podolyak said on…
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A top aide to Vladimir Putin has accused NATO and the West of being directly involved in the planning for Ukraine’s invasion in Kursk. In an interview with Russian newspaper Izvestia, Nikolai Patrushev said Washington was lying when it said it had no prior knowledge of the attacks. “The operation in the Kursk region was also…
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