Germany Refuses to Apologise to UK over Leaking Military Secrets, Confirming British Troops in Ukraine
Germany has refused to apologise to the United Kingdom for appearing to disclose that British troops are active on the ground in Ukraine.
Germany has refused to apologise to the United Kingdom for appearing to disclose that British troops are active on the ground in Ukraine.
After supplying the Ukraine war “stockpiles are looking a bit thin” and supplies of some key items have “run dry”, Britain tells the world.
Grant Shapps, one of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak´s staunchest Cabinet allies, was named U.K. defense secretary on Thursday.
Ukraine has summoned the Polish ambassador over “unacceptable” comments made about Kyiv’s gratitude — or rather, a perceived lack thereof.
Amb. who sided with the UK when it said Zelensky would be wise to start showing more gratitude to allies fired by presidential decree.
The war in Ukraine has “tragically become a battle lab” testing lethal weapons that will inform the future structure and composition of Britain’s armed forces, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said Tuesday.
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said Sunday he plans to resign at the next Cabinet reshuffle after four years in the job.
NATO is “more united than ever”, Ukraine is on a path to membership, and is now treated as an equal to NATO, it was said in Vilnius.
Ukraine should demonstrate more “gratitude” for the support it is receiving from Western powers, Britain’s defence secretary said.
UK reveals “calibrated and proportionate response to Russia’s escalations” with world-first donation of long-range cruise missiles.
Russia’s casualties including dead and wounded in Ukraine is on the road to hitting a quarter-million people, the United Kingdom says.
The armed forces of the United Kingdom have been degraded to such a degree that they would need “five to ten years” advanced warning to be able to fend off an invasion from a power such as Russia, a former top general warned.
The UK will replenish stocks of any country that sends Russian or Soviet-era fighter jets to Ukraine, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said.
UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has warned that “war is coming” to Britain, as he redoubled his demands for more military spending.
The Defence Ministry is launching a security review into the possibility of Chinese spy balloons over the United Kingdom.
The British military’s supply of ammunition would run dry in just one day in a direct engagement with Russia as a result of years of spending cuts to the nation’s defence, a former top general has warned.
Britain’s armed forces are no longer able to play a full role in NATO or defend the homeland after years of cutbacks, according to British defence sources, with a senior American general warning London that it has a “barely tier two” force.
Hundreds of soldiers and their families have been housed in mouldy homes with no heating or hot water as boat migrants are put up in hotels.
The UK will begin supplying military helicopters to the Ukrainian forces as a part of the latest aid package greenlit by Rishi Sunak.
Britain’s defense secretary revealed Thursday that a Russian fighter jet released a missile near an RAF aircraft last month.
Britain’s newly minted Prime Minister Liz Truss is already the most unpopular UK political leader in the history of polling.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of a partial military conscription in a speech on Wednesday in which he accused the West of “nuclear blackmail” and trying to “destroy” Russia.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – On a day of give and take, Western nations made more pledges to send arms to Ukraine while the European Union’s full ban on Russian coal imports kicked in Thursday, adding to the sanctions against Moscow that intelligence claims are hurting its defence exports.
The first few hundred recruits are receiving instruction at sites across Britain in the first phase of a programme that aims to train up to 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, the runaway favourite among Conservative (Tory) Party activists to replace Boris Johnson, has announced he will not even stand.
The Ministry of Defence demanded earlier this week that YouTube remove footage of a Russian prankster prank calling their Defence Secretary.
LONDON (AP) – Britain is accusing the Russian state of being behind hoax calls to two government ministers by an imposter posing as the prime minister of Ukraine.
Britons who volunteered with Ukraine’s foreign legion could have been responsible for a missile strike that killed at least 35 people.
An investigation has been launched after Ben Wallace MP was fooled into speaking to an impersonator of Ukrainian PM Denys Shmyhal.
Despite tough talk over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Union is squabbling internally over whether to include luxury goods and diamonds in sanctions, while there is reluctance on all sides to restrict energy imports.
The Ukrainian capital of Kyiv was hit by rocket strikes overnight, with reports of fighting in its suburbs on Friday morning.
Western media handed Russia a PR victory by publishing reports which cited “U.S. intelligence sources” as saying that Ukraine would be invaded on February 16th, only for the day to pass without incident.
The PM and UK govt ministers have labelled Russia’s claims on shelling that struck a school in Ukraine a “false flag operation”.
Estonia is sending soldiers to help Poland secure its border against an onslaught of Middle Eastern migrants attempting to break into the European Union via Alexander Lukashenko’s Belarus.
The British government is sending some 150 military personnel to guard against not the illegal migrant influx to Britain, but to the European Union member-state of Poland.
The UK Govt has attempted to walk back an apparent attack on the world position of Joe Biden’s America in the wake of the Afghan debacle.
LONDON (AP) – A former British Royal Marine who waged a high-profile campaign to leave Afghanistan with almost 200 rescued dogs and cats has flown to safety — with the animals, but without his charity’s Afghan staff, who were left behind in Kabul.
The British Defence Secretary said the chances of the deadline for Western withdrawal on August 31st is “unlikely” to be pushed back.
Britain’s Defence Secretary has defended General Sir Nick Carter, Chief of the Defence Staff, after he claimed that the Taliban are honourable “country boys” who “want an Afghanistan that is inclusive for all”.
Aircraft from the UK and Germany reportedly returned with hardly anyone on board, claims the UK has belatedly denied.