Labour and Tories are both Ukraine hawks, despite Left’s old ties with Moscow allies
“If you poke the Russian bear with a stick, don’t be surprised if he responds.
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EU leaders sign new security deal with Ukraine
European Union leaders reaffirmed their support for Ukraine during the European Council summit in Brussels by signing a new security agreement.
EU leaders to agree on top jobs, strategic agenda with focus on defence
European Union leaders are to agree on Thursday on the strategic course for the EU and on the people to run its institutions for the next five years, with a special…
Trump advisers plan to halt US military aid to Ukraine unless Kyiv sues for peace with Moscow
Keith Kellogg and Fred Fleitz, two key advisers to US presidential hopeful Donald Trump, have presented the former president with a plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine…
Russian saboteurs ‘suspected’ over German factory fire
A fire at a factory in Berlin was possibly started by Russian saboteurs, according to security experts.
EU to fund aid to Ukraine with €1.4 billion of frozen Russian assets
European Union governments have agreed to allocate €1.4 billion in profits from frozen Russian assets for arms and other aid to Ukraine.
Cardinal goes to Ukraine to push for ceasefire, Zelensky won’t be keen
Volodymyr Zelensky is a man who knows what he wants: air defence interceptors, artillery, ATACMS long-range precision-guided missiles, more Stinger anti-aircraft…
Hamas hostages and mass slaughter mean Israelis must pursue and destroy
Wassem Mahmoud is dead. He was killed in action at the age of twenty in Rafa in Gaza on June 24th.
Peace summit fails but Zelensky says conflict could be ended ‘tomorrow’
World leaders gathered in Switzerland for a summit seeking peace in Russia’s war Ukraine have come away enpty-handed.
Kremlin chief targets West while Ukraine rejects Putin’s ceasefire demands
Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council and former president of Russia, called for the mass mobilisation of Russian society to inflict "maximum…
World leaders to seek solutions to Ukraine war without Russia or China
A number of world leaders will meet in Switzerland to look for possible solutions to the conflict in Ukraine, but without Russia.
NATO takes over military aid programme for Ukraine
NATO will assume control over the co-ordination of arms deliveries to Ukraine from the US, the alliance's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has announced.
‘NATO ready to crack down on Russian spies,’ chief Stoltenberg says
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the organisation is prepared to go all-out against Russian spies following the latest acts of sabotage and cyberattacks…
Arrogant Macron wants to bait Russia with his ‘military trainers’
French President Emmanuel Macron caused a stir recently when he announced he was considering sending hundreds of troops – in the guise of “military trainers”…
French President delays sending military instructors to Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron has delayed sending military instructors to Ukraine but announced further military aid.
France arrests Ukraine-Russia national with explosives on terror charges
French police have arrested a 26-year-old Ukrainian-Russian man after he blew himself up with explosive materials in a hotel room north of Paris, a source at the…
EU gives ‘full support’ to Biden’s Gaza ceasefire plan
The European Union has given its "full support" to an Israel-Gaza ceasefire deal floated by US President Joe Biden, officials have confirmed.
German army to boost Rheinmetall artillery shell order by 200,000, document shows
The German army intends to order 200,000 more artillery shells from arms maker Rheinmetall than it had planned, a letter seen by Reuters on June 4 from the Defence…
Swedish security service says Iran uses criminal networks in Sweden
Sweden's security service said on Thursday that the Iranian government had been using criminal networks within Sweden to carry out violent acts against other states,…
Le Pen, Meloni government blast Macron over Russia strikes proposal
National Rally leader Marine Le Pen and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani have criticized Emmanuel Macron's proposal for Ukrainian strikes on mainland Russia.
Macron and Scholz greenlight Ukraine strikes on mainland Russia
Ukraine should be allowed to use donated Western weapons to “neutralise” mainland Russian military installations, French President Emmanuel Macron said.
Insufficient destruction is why no one wins wars anymore
“War is Hell”, William Tecumseh Sherman said in 1879, looking back on his years campaigning against the Confederacy during America’s Civil War.
France ‘to send military instructors to Ukraine’
Ukraine's top armed forces commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi, says he had signed paperwork with France's defence ministry allowing French military instructors to visit…
Europe’s hard-left parties unite in opposition to war
Ahead of the European Parliament elections on June 6-9, the annual Spring Festival in Madrid hosted by the Spanish Podemos party became a rallying point for Europe’s…
Russia to blame for Poland arson attacks, Tusk claims
“We are examining the threads and it is likely that the Russian services had something to do with the Warsaw fire,” he said.
Spain bans vessels ‘carrying weapons for Israel’ from its ports
Spain's foreign minister José Manuel Albares said that "ships carrying weapons for Israel will not be allowed to use Spanish ports".
The seven deadly contradictions of the Ukraine war
We owe one of the most insightful observations about human reasoning to F. Scott Fitzgerald.
If Russia takes Ukraine, there will be 30 years of insurgency
Look for some good news now on Ukraine – and I mean good in whatever terms it can be used on that wrecked country -- and you may end up in a room with Dr.
Freight train derails in Russia due to ‘interference’, officials say
Freight train cars derailed and a storage tank containing diesel fuel caught fire in the southern Russian region of Volgograd due to "outside interference," Russian…
Slovenia set to recognise Palestinian State by mid-June
Slovenia's Government has initiated procedures to recognise Palestine as an independent State in the hope of helping to end the conflict in Gaza.