Ministry of Defence

Ukrainian and Russian govts publish claims of striking each others’ military infrastructure while accusing the other of attacking civilians. 

The UK must now rebuild its defence stockpiles and its military forces are not ready to fight a war, Britain’s Defence Secretary warns. 

The “first steps” towards the UK being drawn into a major defence pact with the European Union will be signed this week, a report claims.

Russia may have just experienced its deadliest month of its invasion yet, a result of human-wave tactics and Ukraine’s counter-invasion.

China is suspected of being behind a hack of the UK’s Ministry of Defence, reportedly impacting over a quarter of a million service personnel.

The international community condemned the Islamist regime in Iran for launching dozens of drone and missile strikes against Israel.

Ukraine is to become a giant testing ground for a laser weapon which, if successful, promises to radically alter the economics of warfare.

The British Armed Forces have determined that biologically male transgender military personnel can stay in female-only accommodations to match their “affirmed gender”.

The UK’s Ministry of Defence will conduct a “root and branch” review of the “extremist culture” of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies in the military.

The United Kingdom has successfully used an “advanced future military laser” to shoot down an aerial target for the first time.

Russia hasn’t launched one of its advanced cruise missiles against Ukraine in months and is likely building up stocks.

Britain’s Defence Ministry said there were “few immediate prospects” for major change along the Ukrainian front line with Russia.

The war in Ukraine has become a static conflict, according to British Intelligence, as some begin to compare the trench warfare of World War I.

Ukraine’s regular drone strikes on Moscow are a legitimate act of self-defence “within the framework of international law”, Germany says

Britain’s Ministry of Defence said on Sunday there is a “realistic possibility” that Russia is no longer funding the mercenary Wagner Group.

Ukraine says it considers all Russian transport vessels in the Black Sea legitimate targets, the “weakest link” in Russia’s supply lines.

Russia drone striking Ukrainian infrastructure on the Danube River just 200 meters (220 yards) away from the Romanian border, the UK says.

The fact farmers haven’t been able to tend their land in warzones for a year and a half blamed for the slow progress of the counteroffensive.

British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said Sunday he plans to resign at the next Cabinet reshuffle after four years in the job.

Killer dolphins? Russia has deployed combat-trained marine mammals to its naval base in Ukraine, says an intelligence digest.

Russia and Ukraine are suffering high casualties as Ukraine fights to dislodge the Kremlin’s forces from occupied areas, UK officials said.

More hardship looms for Russians as state media lobbies to push the country to a six-day week to support the invasion of Ukraine.

Once an object of fear for the Western world, the Russian airforce “have severely underperformed in their core function” the MOD said.

Russia is settings its sights further east to man the front lines, with Tajik and Uzbeki recruits enticed with signing bonuses and high pay.

Employees of Britain’s Ministry of Defence will be given a day off next month to attend the department’s “vegan network” conference.

Russia’s “high priority” to gaining ground near Donetsk, a British intelligence says, noting “minimal gains” despite “significant resources”. 

Russia cannot rebuild its “combat power” with fresh personnel alone, according to British intelligence, due to a lack of ammunition and equipment.  

Russia’s strenuous efforts to capture Bakhmut, in the Donetsk Oblast, has “largely stalled”, according to British intelligence, which cited the “extreme attrition” of the Kremlin’s forces in the fight for the shattered city. 

Russian forces “fear” their Ukrainian foes are poised to launch a “major” offensive near the north-eastern front, around the Luhansk oblast of the Donbas and the Kharkiv (Kharkov) oblast, according to the British government.

Russia is taking passports from “increasingly disaffected” officials to prevent them fleeing abroad, the British Ministry of Defence said. 

Ethnic minorities from Russian regions far from Moscow and St Petersburg are taking disproportionate losses in the war in Ukraine, according to British intelligence. 

The act of sending a wide variety of weapons to Ukraine is putting the British army at risk should donated armaments not be sufficiently replaced, the Labour Party has warned.

Russian and Ukrainian forces battled at close range in forest near the Donbas town of Kremina over Orthodox Christmas, according to British intelligence.

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.

Russia is establishing two “front line creative brigades” and encouraging the public to donate instruments to troops in order to bolster “fragile morale”, according to Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD). 

Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) is gambling its reputation somewhat by predicting Russia is “unlikely” to make significant gains in the coming months.