Capitalising on the Hormuz crisis to ramp up action in Ukraine will have consequences, Ratcliffe warns Putin in secret meeting

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Brown believes it is a ‘critical moment’ in the war between Ukraine and Russia

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President Trump dismissed suggestions that the CIA director was sent to Moscow over concerns that Russia could test NATO’s resolve

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Russian forces have resumed drone attacks on Ukraine’s Kyiv region, hitting numerous buildings and storage depots

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Editorial: The most stupid conflict America has ever got itself involved in, Operation Epic Fury was the wrong war fought at the wrong time and for the wrong reasons

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‘There is a concrete goal, and we will fulfil this task,’ Ukrainian president says

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A new production of the “The Odyssey” in wartime Kyiv reimagines Homer’s epic through the experience of modern Ukraine

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Seoul says South Korea, the U.S. and Japan will go ahead with a trilateral military drill next month to better deal with North Korean nuclear threats

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The U.S. military faces a “beyond critical” shortage of advanced missile interceptors in Europe largely driven by President Donald Trump's war with Iran

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Putin warned ‘any military facilities in Ukraine are our legitimate target, British or otherwise’

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Russia warns Britain is ‘playing with fire’ by supplying Storm Shadow missile technology to Ukraine

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Trump says he is hopeful 'something may come out of' CIA chief’s meetings in Russia

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Canadian military spending is surging, with companies expanding into defense contracting

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A pro-Russian hacker group has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Norwegian government digital services

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Neither the White House or the Kremlin have offered an explanation for the first trip by a US spy chief to the Russian capital in nearly five years

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The Kremlin says CIA Director John Ratcliffe held talks in Moscow with his intelligence counterparts, a rare and secretive visit at a time when relations with Washington remain strained over Russia’s war in Ukraine

Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, has emerged as a central, if controversial, private figure in Ukraine's defense effort

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His feat captured the country's attention and earned him its highest military honour

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Ukrainian long-range drones have struck a major warehouse belonging to Russia’s biggest online retailer, Wildberries, for the second time in just over a month

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Trump says he is hopeful 'something may come out of' CIA chief’s meetings in Russia

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Robert Gilman is the latest in a succession of high-profile prisoners freed by Russia going back years, but his release hardly cleared the decks of Americans behind bars there

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Neither the Kremlin nor the CIA have commented on the visit

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The United Nations and the International Red Cross are urging countries to adopt bans and restrictions on autonomous weapons systems, often called killer robots

Andy Burnham played guitar with Ukrainian soldiers on his first official trip to Kyiv as prime minister.

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Ratcliffe’s purpose and meetings in Russia are not immediately clear but it marks the first known trip from a US spy chief since November 2021

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The UK is the first country outside of Ukraine to get access to Kyiv’s ‘Avengers’ database

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The 33-year-old was previously described as someone who was ‘not a fighter’

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Editorial: Mr Burnham’s choice of Ukraine for his first overseas visit as prime minister is loaded with meaning, and sends a strong message about his priorities on the global stage – not least to Donald Trump

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Questions remain over how some of Burnham’s promises will be paid for

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The UK is providing Ukraine with the blueprints to long-range SCALP missiles, the prime minister announced in Kyiv

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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has expressed frustration over unsolicited beauty advice

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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham announces the U.K. will help Ukraine make its own long-range missiles

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Military amputees and veterans in Ukraine marked Independence Day by completing Iron Week, a grueling seven-day endurance event covering more than 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) across the country

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The prime minister has promised to be ‘bolder’ than his predecessor in taking the UK back to the heart of Europe but Downing Street refused to provide a ‘running commentary’ on discussions

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U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham is in Kyiv on Monday, meeting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and co-chairing a meeting with international leaders

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Kyiv has increasingly targeted online retail logistics centres, accusing them of providing support to the Russian armed forces

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The prime minister is to chair his first meeting of the coalition of the willing as he arrives in Kyiv on Monday

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Ukrainian drones spark fire at a logistics hub belonging to online retailer Ozon, after weeks of attacks targeting Wildberries

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Search for survivors continues with nine people still missing following two strikes on a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih

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