Until just over a week ago, Artem Kariakin and his unit were making regular trips across Ukraine’s border into the Russian town of Sudzha. He shows me video taken with…
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Ukraine: Zelensky tells Russia to drop ‘unnecessary’ demands ahead of peace talks
Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukrainian and US officials will meet for peace talks in Saudi Arabia next Monday, after the Kremlin confirmed US-Russia talks there the same day. Ukraine’s leader…
UK: Royal Navy and RAF shadow Russian ships in British waters
UK warships have shadowed a Russian task group as it passed through British waters, the Royal Navy has said. Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset and minehunter HMS Cattistock, along with…
USA: Trump suggests US could run Ukraine’s power plants
US President Donald Trump has held what he described as a “very good” hour-long phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, a day after speaking to Russia’s President Vladimir…
UK: Police officer taken to hospital after knife attack
A police officer has been injured in a knife attack during a night-time patrol. Officers from Cambridgeshire Police were carrying out patrols in Eagle Street, Cambridge, when they stopped a…
UK: Downing Street hosts first St Patrick’s Day reception
The first reception to mark St Patrick’s Day has been held at Downing Street. It comes amid a thaw in relations between the UK and Irish governments. Earlier this month…
Turkey: Protests erupt after Erdogan rival arrested
Protests have erupted in Turkey after authorities detained the mayor of Istanbul, just days before he was due to be selected as a presidential candidate. Ekrem Imamoglu, from the secular…
UK: London to host new Ukraine peacekeeping talks
The UK is hosting a closed meeting on Thursday of senior military leaders from the “coalition of the willing”, as they draw up plans for a proposed peacekeeping force for…
Germany: Bundestag passes historic package boosting defence spending
German lawmakers have voted to allow a huge increase in defence and infrastructure spending – a seismic shift for the country that could reshape European defence. A two-thirds majority of…
UK: Boy, 6, cuts hair to raise money in memory of aunt
A six-year-old boy who grew out his hair and cut it for charity in memory of his aunt has raised thousands of pounds for charity. Reuben, from Southwold, Suffolk, lost…