Putin tells Trump: Russia will ‘not back down’ on Ukraine
The two leaders’ latest conversation comes as the White House has pulled back from efforts to broker peace between Moscow and Ukraine
The two leaders’ latest conversation comes as the White House has pulled back from efforts to broker peace between Moscow and Ukraine
Already under assault from radar-evading Russian ballistics, the vaunted Patriot system now faces additional pressure.
Air-defence interceptors and weapons such as Hellfire missiles were in Poland when Washington halted their delivery to Ukraine.
There is an underlying assumption defence spending will deliver the required capabilities smoothly and seamlessly. Depressingly, nothing could be further from the truth.
Ukraine is scrambling to protect its skies after Russia intensified aerial attacks, launching hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles almost every day, killing civilians and damaging houses and infrastructure.
Russian missiles crashed into schools, hospitals and kindergartens in central Ukraine, as Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the Netherlands to meet with allies on the sidelines of the NATO defence alliance summit.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine swapped military fatigues for a black blazer as he met the King for lunch at Windsor Castle.
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Wars in Ukraine and Iran, and rising doubts about the reliability of the US, are making countries around the world wonder if having their own nukes is the key to survival.
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Ukraine’s fightback against Russia has totally revolutionised land combat for tactical distances of less than 10km through the saturation use of AI-enabled small, armed drones.
Even if Zelensky can win support for more sanctions, Trump’s lack of criticism of Russia promises to complicate any effort to increase pressure on the Kremlin.
Within 48 hours of launching war on Iran, Israel gained air superiority – a feat Russia has been unable to achieve in Ukraine in 3½ years.
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Vladimir Medinsky warns that Ukraine would lose more territory if it doesn’t agree to Moscow’s demands.
Russia launched fresh drone and missile attacks on the Ukraine killing three and hitting a maternity hospital.
Mark Rutte says the latest advances in Russian missile technology allows Putin’s forces to hit targets in western nations in ‘a matter of minutes’.
Russia says it’s advancing into Ukraine’s eastern Dnipropetrovsk region for the first time in its three-year invasion, marking a significant territorial escalation amid stalled peace talks.
A large-scale prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine – the only concrete outcome of peace talks – has been thrown into doubt.
Russia unleashed a barrage of missiles, drones and bombs across Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least five people as it retaliated for an audacious attack by Kyiv on air bases.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz encouraged the president in Oval Office meeting to help end the war
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