Former lover of 'Putin's banker' claims he sedated and handcuffed her in attack during years of 'horrific' abuse

EXCLUSIVE: Countess Alexandra Tolstoy, 50, said billionaire Sergei Pugachev (pictured) subjected her to years of 'horrific' physical and emotional abuse before he was forced into exile.

How Rishi Sunak's £75 billion defence spending pledge will fire up Britain's forces: Biggest boost in a generation will see MORE servicemen, MORE Typhoons flying - and the Army, Navy and RAF all bolstered in an increasingly dangerous world

The Army, the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force will share the desperately needed cash, meaning the services no longer have to cut capabilities.

How Rishi Sunak's £75 billion defence spending pledge will fire up Britain's forces by halting the fall in Army numbers and keeping more Typhoons flying in an increasingly dangerous world

The Army, the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force will share the desperately needed cash, meaning the services no longer have to cut capabilities.

Ukraine suspends overseas consular services for military-age men

Ukraine authorities on Tuesday suspended consular services for men of fighting age living abroad, after announcing measures to bring them home amid manpower shortages in the army fighting Russia.

Don't come, it's a trap: Cuban mercenary fighting in the Russian army issues chilling warning to fellow countrymen

The unnamed man appears donning the Russian flag as he speaks about the situation at the front lines, claiming Cuban soldiers are not being paid what they were promised.

Britain's skies under attack: As Putin hacks holiday jets and calls for an Israel-style Iron Dome for UK grow - what would home-grown defence system look like?

EXCLUSIVE: Britain would be woefully unprepared to stop a Russian aerial onslaught from causing mayhem in the UK without 'urgent' investment in new air defences, military chiefs have warned.

Britain 'is now on a war footing': Rishi declares UK will spend 2.5% of GDP on defence by 2030 with military budget growing to £87bn at the end of the decade as PM visits Warsaw for talks with NATO allies on rising threats

The PM made the firm pledge as he visited Warsaw, warning that the world is the 'most volatile' for years and industry must go on a 'war footing'.

Britain 'is now on a war footing': Rishi declares UK will spend 2.5% of GDP on defence by 2030 as he visits Warsaw for talks with NATO allies on rising threats

Rishi Sunak made the firm pledge as he visited Warsaw, warning that the world is the 'most volatile' for years.

Ukraine Has Lost Almost Half Million Soldiers Since Beginning of Special Military Operation - Shoigu

23.04.2024, Sputnik International

Putin won't stop at the Polish border, Rishi Sunak warns as he pledges an extra £500 million in military aid to Ukraine

Speaking ahead of a visit to Poland today, the Prime Minister said the UK would provide record levels of military support for Ukraine this year, including hundreds of armoured vehicles and missiles.

EU disappoints Ukraine by failing to agree on air defence deliveries

The European Union on Monday frustrated Ukraine's urgent plea for more air defence capabilities by failing to come up with concrete commitments at a meeting of foreign and defence ministers.

Putin's 'top secret electronic weapon' causing havoc in the skies: How the West fears Russia is jamming GPS tech on flights and ships across eastern flank of NATO using advanced system at Kaliningrad military base

Military chiefs have warned that a system known as Tobol, based in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, could be interfering with signals on planes and boats, causing them to 'malfunction'.

New US-funded weapons could arrive in Ukraine 'in days' after £50billion funding go ahead - as Moscow warns deal leaves world 'teetering on the brink of a direct clash between nuclear-armed powers'

The Biden administration has said it is prepared to start moving weapons and equipment into Ukraine within days, provided that the Senate green-lights the aid package this week

US Military Advisers to Ukraine Could Be 'Wiped Out' as any 'Legitimate Target' - Analyst

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has stressed that the bloc has no plans to put boots on the ground in Ukraine. At the same time, the US Department of Defense spokesman Patrick Ryder revealed that Washington was mulling sending more military advisers...

Russia suspected of targeting thousands of British holiday flights in 'extremely dangerous' electronic attacks jamming systems including GPS

The planes appear to be suffering from GPS jamming and spoofing, which uses fake signals to trick pilots into believing the aircraft is in a different location than where they actually are.

Ukraine has “chance of victory” with multi-billion dollar aid package | BBC News

Ukraine’s President Zelensky said his country had a “chance of victory” after the US House of Representatives finally approved billions of dollars in new US ...

Conflicts push global military expenditure in 2023 to 'all-time high'

Global military expenditure saw its steepest increase in over a decade in 2023, reaching an all-time high of $2.4 trillion as wars and rising tensions fuelled spending across the world, researchers said Monday.

Ukraine 'Frontline' of West's 'Much Larger Conflict' With Adversaries Like Russia, China

Escalated rhetoric about the need for Russia's "strategic defeat" is a sign of the West's fear of loss of hegemony, attempts to reassert the dominance of the US, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said recently. He added that Moscow was not...

English traitor fighting for Putin's forces in Ukraine reveals he's been granted Russian citizenship: Thug who vowed to put Kyiv troops 'in wooden boxes' waves his new passport in video before 'condemning' Britain

Aiden Minnis, 37, from Chippenham fled to take up arms for the Russian tyrant when the war broke out in 2022, alongside 48-year-old Ben Stimson from Oldham.

Russian Forces Completely Liberate Bogdanovka Settlement in DPR

Units of the Battlegroup Yug have completely liberated the Bogdanovka settlement of the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

Briton who 'aided Russia' is charged with terrorism offences... but his identity is protected on national security grounds

The individual, who cannot be identified due to reporting restrictions imposed on national security grounds, appeared before Westminster magistrates yesterday.