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Royal Navy ships mobilised to respond to Russian spy ship in North Sea, defence secretary tells MPs – as it happened

22/01/2025 17:45 The Guardian

Royal Navy attack submarine warned off Russian spy ship from UK waters

A Royal Navy attack submarine surfaced close to a Russian spy ship off the UK coast in an extraordinary warning to stop spying on British undersea cables, the defence secretary has revealed....

22/01/2025 17:09 Skynews

Keir Starmer urged to push for Ukraine to get $300bn of frozen Russian assets

Financier turned activist Bill Browder says Russia will make gains that spark refugee crisis if US military support dries upBusiness live – latest updatesKeir Starmer should show leadership over the Ukraine war by pushing for $300bn (£243bn) of frozen Russian assets to be used to fund Kyiv’s mi...

22/01/2025 16:33 The Guardian

Royal Navy tracks Russian ‘spy ship’ closely after it enters UK waters

Defence secretary tells Commons the Yantar had been ‘mapping the UK’s critical underwater infrastructure’A Russian “spy ship” was tracked closely by the Royal Navy this week after it entered UK waters on Monday and passed through the Channel at a time of heightened concern about the safety...

22/01/2025 15:11 The Guardian

Fighting Alongside Russia, North Koreans Wage Their Own War

Ukrainian forces described a different kind of enemy, fighting with unfamiliar tactics and little option to retreat....

22/01/2025 10:01 New York Times

Zelenskyy says Russia-Ukraine peace deal would require 200,000 allied troops

Ukrainian president tells Davos that Europe must establish itself as an ‘indispensable’ player on the global stageVolodymyr Zelenskyy has said that “at least 200,000” allied troops would be needed to enforce any peace deal in Ukraine as he urged Europe to “take care of itself” as Donald...

21/01/2025 18:49 The Guardian

As Trump Takes Office, Zelensky Urges Europe to Stand Firm Against Russia

Speaking a day after Trump’s inauguration, Ukraine’s president told world leaders at Davos that Europe needs to remain united and “learn how to take care of itself.”...

21/01/2025 18:45 New York Times

Ukraine Detains Commanders Amid Setbacks on the Front

Two generals and a colonel blamed for the loss of territory in eastern Ukraine to Russian forces last year have been held, the country’s security service said....

21/01/2025 16:54 New York Times

‘We don’t want to be Americans,’ says Greenland prime minister – as it happened

Múte B. Egede says ‘we are Greenlanders’ and says ‘we don’t want to be Danish either’ at press conferenceIn the last few minutes, von der Leyen has been speaking about what will be the EU’s position on Ukraine given potential changes in the US policy under Trump.This is what she said:I...

21/01/2025 16:48 The Guardian

Putin and Xi hold video call in show of unity hours after Trump inauguration

Timing may show two leaders want to coordinate approach in engaging with new US administration over UkraineUS politics live – latest updatesThe Russian president, Vladimir Putin, held a video call with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in a symbolic display of unity just hours after Donald Trum...

21/01/2025 15:13 The Guardian

Trump Says Putin Is ‘Destroying Russia’

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia praised President Trump’s second inauguration, but the American leader did not return the compliment....

21/01/2025 14:22 New York Times

Trump Vowed to End the Ukraine War Before Taking Office. The War Rages On.

Donald J. Trump’s promise to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine in 24 hours, “before I even become president,” proved to be untrue....

20/01/2025 04:25 New York Times

‘Animals can feel good and evil’: film puts new perspective on Ukraine war

Collection of seven shorts due out in 2025 tells story of conflict from perspective of animalsThe occupying Russian soldiers paid little attention to the elderly woman shuffling through the farmland surrounding the villages outside Kyiv, taking her goat to pasture. But she was focused closely on the...

19/01/2025 08:00 The Guardian

'We have to win': Ukrainian marines on war with Russia - amid concerns over Trump's return to the White House

The Darth Vader theme tune suddenly bleeps from the underbelly of a Ukrainian drone as a marine attaches a mortar round to it before launching the aircraft against a Russian position....

19/01/2025 08:00 Skynews

U.S. Spy Chief Took on Role of Negotiator in Gaza War

As C.I.A. director, William J. Burns was deeply focused on China and Russia when the Middle East conflict plunged him back into his old life....

18/01/2025 20:42 New York Times

Russia Attacks Kyiv With Ballistic Missiles

At least three people were killed in the assault on the capital, and at least 10 were wounded in a separate strike in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia....

18/01/2025 14:39 New York Times

First the sound of thuds, then air raid sirens rang out: On the ground in Ukraine as three killed in airstrikes

At least three people were killed early on Saturday morning in Russian strikes against central Kyiv, Ukrainian officials have said....

18/01/2025 06:38 Skynews

Russia gives Navalny lawyers multi-year sentences for relaying his messages

Verdicts against trio suggest legal representatives are latest target of Kremlin’s crackdown on dissentRussia has sentenced three lawyers who had defended Alexei Navalny to several years in prison for bringing messages from the late opposition leader from prison to the outside world.The case, whic...

17/01/2025 20:24 The Guardian

Russian Disinformation Campaigns Eluded Meta’s Efforts to Block Them

A new report details how a covert influence operation linked to the Kremlin continued to place ads on Facebook despite U.S. and E.U. prohibitions on doing business with the organization....

17/01/2025 19:12 New York Times

Iran broaches nuclear power plant agreement with Russia during talks

Iran has broached the possibility of getting Russia's help to build a nuclear power plant during talks in Moscow....

17/01/2025 16:10 Skynews

Could Trump really end the Ukraine war in a day?

Donald Trump will want to strike a deal on Russia's war in Ukraine that brings him a "win" for ending the fighting but without also gifting a victory to Vladimir Putin....

17/01/2025 14:30 Skynews

Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine police conduct nationwide raids over draft evasion – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Ukraine war coverage hereRussian forces have retaken 63.2% of the territory captured by Ukraine in the Kursk region of western Russia, the Russian defence ministry said on Friday.Reuters could not independently verify the ministry’s statement,...

17/01/2025 14:26 The Guardian

Navalny's lawyers sentenced to years in Russian penal colony

Three lawyers for the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been sentenced to years in a Russian penal colony....

17/01/2025 14:11 Skynews

Russian hackers target WhatsApp accounts of ministers worldwide

FSB-linked Star Blizzard attempts to lure email recipients to click on QR code that gives attackers access to accountRussian state-linked hackers have targeted the WhatsApp accounts of government ministers and officials around the world with emails inviting them to join user groups on the messaging...

17/01/2025 12:33 The Guardian

Russia is about to sign a pact with Iran - should the West be worried?

In Moscow on Friday, a couple of days before Donald Trump's inauguration as US president, two of the West's main adversaries - Russia and Iran - will sign a strategic partnership pact....

17/01/2025 00:01 Skynews

Fit for purpose? Fears over robustness of UK's enforcement of Russia sanctions

Fears have been raised over the robustness of Britain's trade sanctions against Russia after the main government department enforcing the rules admitted it has no idea how many cases it is investigating....

17/01/2025 00:01 Skynews

Russian diplomats accessed private area of UK parliament in security breach

Exclusive: MPs warned not to invite Russian diplomats to parliament after incident said to have alarmed ministersRussian diplomats accessed a private area of parliament in a major security breach just before Christmas that has alarmed security officials and prompted private warnings from the speaker...

16/01/2025 17:49 The Guardian

Democrats concerned after Mike Johnson fires top Republican from House committee reportedly at Trump’s request – live

House speaker removed intelligence committee chair Mike Turner, whose stances have run afoul with TrumpBloomberg News reports that Republican House speaker, Mike Johnson, has denied that Donald Trump had anything to do with his decision to remove Mike Turner as chair of the House intelligence commit...

16/01/2025 15:55 The Guardian

Russia-Ukraine war: Keir Starmer says UK will deliver new mobile air defence system to Ukraine – as it happened

UK prime minister meets Ukrainian president as they sign 100-year partnership agreement to deepen security ties between nationsStarmer hails ‘closer than ever’ partnership with Ukraine on visitCity officials say there have been no casualties after the reported Russian drone attack on Kyiv, but s...

16/01/2025 15:33 The Guardian

Azerbaijan’s Leader, Emboldened, Picks a Rare Fight With Putin

Russia’s president is said to have blamed birds or a Ukrainian drone for a Dec. 25 crash of an Azerbaijani plane. Azerbaijan says Russian air defenses were at fault....

16/01/2025 14:12 New York Times

Russian drone shot down near presidential palace during PM's Ukraine visit

Sir Keir Starmer's visit to the presidential palace in Kyiv was met with a message from Russia when a drone was blasted out of the sky above....

16/01/2025 13:27 Skynews

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