Joe Biden says US will not send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine
Asked if the US would provide the jets, Mr Biden told reporters at the White House on Monday: “No.”Ukraine planned to push for Western fourth-generation fighter jets such as the F-16 after securing supplies of main battle tanks last week,
What is Nato? Finland and Sweden hope to join despite Turkish objections
The Scandinavian countries made a bid to join the military alliannce following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last February. Turkey supported the two countries’ bid before the Nato summit in Madrid in June. Despite traditionally being neutral, support for joining Nato
Putin seeking ‘high number of personnel’ for new Ukraine offensive, says UK
Vladimir Putin is seeking ways to find the “high number of personnel” needed for a new military offensive in Ukraine without risking a major domestic backlash, British defence chiefs said on Monday.They believe that Moscow may ordered another “round of
Senior Ukrainian officials quit after Volodymyr Zelensky orders corruption crackdown
Several senior Ukrainian officials have resigned amid a corruption crackdown ordered by president Volodymyr Zelensky.The departure of officials includes a deputy prosecutor general, a deputy head of the president's office and a deputy defence minister.Some, but not all, of the
Ukraine urges Western allies to ‘think faster’ over tank deliveries
A senior Ukrainian official has urged the West to move quicker on delivering tanks as Russia stepped up a barrage of missiles on Saturday.The comments by Mykhailo Podolyak came amid Ukrainian calls for German-made Leopard 2 tanks to be sent
Russia ‘makes possible military advances around city of Bakhmut,’ says UK
Russia has made possible military advances around the city of Bakhmut, British defence chiefs have said.In its latest intelligence update, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) says that Russian forces have been reconstituting in the town of Soldar around Donetsk Oblast
‘The coming days will be difficult’: Ukraine rocked by latest wave of Russian missile strikes
Russia bombarded cities across Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least 18 people when rockets reduced a block of flats to rubble in Dnipro. Seventy-three people were injured with 40 in hospital including four in intensive care, Valentyn Reznichenko, governor of
Russia deploys at least 10 vessels in response to ‘threat’ at base
Russia has dispatched ten naval vessels following the detection of a possible “threat” to a Black Sea port, British defence chiefs have said.According to the Ministry of Defence, 10 vessels from Russia’s Black Sea fleet left the Novorossiysk naval facility
James Norton: It’s important to know the war doesn’t represent Russia as a whole
British actor James Norton said the world was “quick to condemn” Russia as a country in the aftermath of the Ukraine invasion, but has urged people to remember that “Russia is not Putin”.Norton, 37, said filming parts of TV series
Putin replaces commander of Russia’s war in Ukraine after just three months
Russia has replaced its commander in charge of its faltering invasion of Ukraine after just three months.Vladimir Putin removed Sergei Surovikin as Russia’s battlefield commander, instead appointing Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov to lead military efforts.Surovikin, dubbed ‘General