Ukraine prepares for a Russian air onslaught after the assassination of a Russian general
Moscow is set to launch a series of “devastating” air attacks against Ukraine in response to the assassination of one of its most senior generals, defence sources have revealed. President Vladimir Putin will order his forces to carry out one of Russia’s…
Ukraine: Resentment against non-combatants and the women who love them – Jerome Starkey
There is still a steely resolve,but it is now mixed with a sense of fatigue and weariness,
Ukraine fires US-supplied long range missiles into Russia
Ukraine has carried out its first strike on Russian territory with US-supplied long-range missiles. Six missiles were used in a strike on an ammunition depot in Karachev, around 75 miles from the Ukrainian border in Russia’s Bryansk region on what…
Poland constructs “Eastern Shield” to fortify NATO’s eastern flank
Poland is constructing a formidable new defence line, dubbed the “Eastern Shield”, to safeguard its borders with Russia’s heavily militarised exclave of Kaliningrad and Belarus. The £1.9 billion fortification, described by Polish officials as an “impassable boundary,” features advanced surveillance…
ADM MIKE HEWITT: How Trump will end Ukraine war and force Putin to negotiate
Trump could bring an earlier end to war in Ukraine.
Russian GRU agents behind plot to plant incendiary bombs on freight aircraft.
A fire bomb hidden in a DHL package that caught fire in Germany in July was due to be sent by air to the UK as part of a suspected Russian sabotage plot.The sabotage mission – believed to have been…
Air Marshal (Retd) Greg Bagwell: Is Our Strategic Nuclear Deterrent Enough?
By Air Marshal Greg Bagwell CB CBE I recently posted a couple of threads on X, which raised the question of whether the UK’s current and planned replacement solution for its nuclear deterrent was sufficient for the nature of the…
Offer Putin “graceful exit” from Ukraine war
Adm Mike Hewitt: If we don’t create an exit strategy for Putin, we’re not going to find an end state to the war in Ukraine.
North Korea sends 3,000 troops to Russia to fight in Ukraine.
Up to 3,000 North Korean troops have been sent to Russia for possible deployment in Ukraine, according to the United States government.US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said it would be “very, very serious” if the North Koreans were preparing to…
Ukraine to get £2.26bn loan from UK to help fight Russian invaders, and won’t have to pay it back
The UK government will give an extra £2.26bn ($2.93bn) to Ukraine to buy weapons, using the profits from seized Russian assets held in Europe. The cash forms Britain’s contribution to a £38bn ($50bn) fund announced in June by members of…
