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British Army chief says people of UK are ‘prewar generation’ who must be ready to fight Russia

The office of Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko just announced that Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin accepted a proposal to “stop the movement of armed persons of the Wagner company on the territory of Russia and take further steps to de-escalate tensions,” the president’s office said, with...

Russian soldiers have reportedly set up a machine gun position on the edge of Moscow, according to a Russian newspaper.

In the last few minutes we have had an intelligence update from the UK's Ministry of Defence. It says some Wagner units "are moving north through Vorenezh Oblast, almost certainly aiming to get to Moscow". Vorenezh lies halfway between the capital Moscow and Rostov-on-Don, the Russian city...

The US and Russia appear to have independently agreed that the missile which struck a Polish village on Tuesday, killing two people, was part of Ukraine’s air defences that had been attempting to fend off a Russian missile attack on Ukraine

The Associated Press news agency is reporting that initial findings suggest the missile that hit Poland was fired by Ukrainian forces at an incoming Russian missile, citing US officials. The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs initially described the missile as “Russian-made”, but as the...

"Who fired the missile is unclear," says J Andrés Gannon, a security expert at the US Council on Foreign Relations, who agrees that it may be from an S-300 system. "We know Russia has been using the S-300 for ground attacks even though it’s an air defence system, but Ukraine also uses them for...

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Russia seems to be going with the: It wasn't us line

A former US ambassador to Nato, Kurt Volker, told the BBC it was important to give Russia a chance to explain what had happened. Volker said it was likely to have been an accident. But, he said, we need to hear Russia say that.

Gierszewski tweeted: My sources in the services say that what hit Przewowo is most likely the remains of a rocket shot down by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Russia has bombed a children's hospital: Some 17 people have been wounded after a Russian airstrike reportedly hit a children’s hospital and maternity ward in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol this afternoon, the governor of Ukraine’s Donetsk region said.

French president Emmanuel Macron spoke again to Russian president Vladimir Putin today. Was a 1hr45min call made by Macron. Putin reiterated his demands for: 1. The "de-Nazification" of Ukraine 2. The "neutralisation" of Ukraine (ie no joining Nato and no weapons). Sent from my Pixel 6 using...

It's already started Brittney Griner, one of America’s most decorated women’s basketball players, has reportedly been detained by Russian Federal Customs Service authorities after the discovery of vape cartridges that contained hashish oil in her luggage at an airport near Moscow. Sent from...

There are reports coming in that a psychiatric hospital in a town 60km (37 miles) north-west of Kyiv has been captured by Russian forces, trapping some 670 patients inside. Ukrainian news platform Hromadske says Kyiv's regional governor confirmed the hospital in Borodyanka had been captured...

Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) BREAKING: Israeli Prime Minister Bennett travelled secretly to Moscow. Meeting Putin now March 5, 2022 Sent from my Pixel 6 using Tapatalk

Ukraine’s president is temporarily lifting the requirement for entry visas for any foreigner willing to join Ukraine’s International Defense Legion and fight on Ukraine’s side against invading Russian troops, the AP reports. Volorymyr Zelenskyy’s decree takes effect Tuesday and will remain in...

Canada will become the first country in the G7 to ban all imports of crude oil from Russia. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement on Monday. He said the industry "has benefited President Putin and his oligarchs greatly". In addition to the import ban, Trudeau also announced the...

Newly released satellite imagery shows a massive convoy of Russian armour descending on Kyiv. Pictures taken on Monday, before noon in Ukraine, show Russian military units near Antonov airport, about 27km (17 miles) from the centre of the capital. According to Maxar Technologies, the...