In the first 10 months of 2024, more Ukrainian soldiers have deserted than in the first two years of the war, the Financial Times reported. According to the British newspaper's sources, conscripts are also fleeing training abroad, including in Poland.more
If Russian leader Vladimir Putin vassalises Ukraine, he will not stop there, in which case the security of Britain, France, Europe, transatlantic security would be at risk, British MI6 intelligence chief Richard Moore warned in Paris yesterday.more
More than 1.3 million people would have been killed and 950,000 injured if an attack on Warsaw had taken place using a Russian R-36M2 nuclear missile (in NATO code: SS-18 Satan), according to the US ‘Newsweek’ today. The impact of attacks on major European cities was estimated by nuclear technology historian Professor Alex Wellerstein.more
Russian troops launched a massive combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure this morning. Explosions could be heard in Kyiv and the threat was reported in regions near the Polish border, among others. Around 1 million consumers were cut off from electricity.more
With Donald Trump returning to the White House, talks about sending European troops to Ukraine are gaining momentum, writes the French daily ‘Le Monde’ on Monday. Paris, London and Warsaw, among others, could play a leading role in this initiative.more
A British man has been captured by Russian forces while fighting for Ukraine, according to reports.
In a video circulating online, a man dressed in military clothing identifies himself as James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, and says he formerly served in the British Army. more
As President Volodymyr Zelensky said today, Russia has used about 150 drones, missiles and aerial bombs in attacks on more than 10 regions of Ukraine since Sunday evening. Meanwhile, Ukrainian intelligence suggests that Russia may be preparing an attack on Zaporozhye, located in the southeastern part of the country, reports the Economist.more
Vladimir Putin did not rule out attacking military facilities of countries that allowed Ukraine to hit targets on Russian territory with their missiles. He added that Russian forces attacked Ukraine yesterday with a new medium-range hypersonic ballistic missile.more
Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Andrei Kielin has stated that the authorities in London are “directly involved” in the war in Ukraine, as British Storm Shadow missiles have been used to attack facilities on Russian territory, Sky News reported yesterday.more
Ukraine has, for the first time, fired on targets in Russia with British-made longer-range Storm Shadow missiles, the Bloomberg news agency reported yesterday, citing officials from Western countries, who requested anonymity.more
The Pentagon intends to soon announce another package of military aid for Ukraine worth at least $275 million, AP reported yesterday, citing an anonymous Pentagon official, who also confirmed the use of ATACMS missiles by Ukraine, saying that Russia shot down two of the eight missiles used.more
On Monday, the United Nations held a meeting devoted to the thousand-day Russian invasion of Ukraine. The representative of the aggressor, Vasily Nebenzia, used it to accuse British services of arranging the massacre of civilians in Bucha so that responsibility for this war crime, which took place in the spring of 2022, would rest with Russia.more
The UK today imposed sanctions on 10 representatives of Russian government and state-linked youth organisations involved in the deportation and indoctrination of Ukrainian children.more
Following US President Joe Biden's authorisation of Ukraine's use of ATACMS missiles to attack targets inside Russia, a similar decision by the UK authorities is expected for Franco-British Storm Shadow missiles, ‘The Guardian’ daily reported yesterday.more
US President Joe Biden's administration has given the green light for Ukraine to use US weapons to hit targets deep inside Russia, Reuters reported yesterday, citing several sources familiar with the matter. Similar information was reported by other media, citing sources in the US administration.more
We should do everything so that next year the war will end through diplomatic means, Volodymyr Zelensky stated today. He noted that talks with Russia are possible “provided Ukraine is not alone and is strong.”more
President-elect Donald Trump's advisers are exerting pressure to ‘freeze’ the Ukrainian-Russian conflict and create a more than 1,200-kilometre demilitarised zone, US 'Newsweek' reported yesterday. According to the 'Wall Street Journal', the zone would be overseen by European forces, including Polish forces.more
The European Commission yesterday dismissed media reports that it intended to send troops from European countries to Ukraine as part of a US plan to ‘freeze the war’ in the country.more
A family has paid tribute to their son who has been killed in Ukraine, saying they "begged him not to go" but he wanted to help. Callum Tindal-Draper's family said they were informed by the 4th International Legion that the 22-year-old from Cornwall had been killed in action while the foreign volunteer platoon defended an observation point on 5 November.more
A former adviser to President-elect Donald Trump says the incoming administration will focus on achieving peace in Ukraine rather than enabling the country to gain back territory occupied by Russia. Bryan Lanza, who worked on Trump's 2024 presidential campaign, told the BBC the incoming administration would ask Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for his version of a realistic vision for peace.more
40% of Poles fear the possibility of the war moving from Ukraine to Poland, while 63% want aid to be limited to those living in the area of ongoing fighting in Ukraine - according to a study by European National Panels, the results of which were published today by "Rzeczpospolita".more
The UK has already trained 200 Ukrainian pilots who will fly the F-16 multi-role aircraft being handed over to Kyiv, British Deputy Defence Minister Luke Pollard announced on Tuesday night.more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday in Brussels that he had spoken to Donald Trump about Ukraine's chances of joining NATO and told him that Kiev has two options: either it joins the North Atlantic Alliance or it has nuclear weapons.more
The Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, General Oleksandr Syrsky, conveyed yesterday after a telephone conversation with the Commander of the British Armed Forces, Adm. Tony Radakin, that the UK was working on its own proposals for implementing Ukraine's ‘victory plan’.more
