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The European Union has confirmed the launch of an EU Military Assistance Mission to train some 15,000 Ukrainians for the war with Russia.

Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is in an emergency meeting amid reports that two stray rockets fell in a Polish town on the Ukrainian border, killing two people.

Younger generations in Britain will be the worst hit by rising energy bills, a think tank in the country has claimed.

Rishi Sunak’s government, preparing tax hikes and public service cuts for Britons and undermining energy independence by banning fracking, is bragging that it is the biggest donor to a fund to build up Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.

The EU has reportedly set its sights on establishing a 5,000-man “rapid deployment” military force by 2025, a report has claimed.

The city of Berlin has announced it will be expanding its migrant reception centre a former airport for an additional 3,600 Ukrainians.

Ukrainian state media claims the country’s forces have now “terminated” over 80,000 Russians since Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion, or “special military operation”, in February.

Two brothers born in Iran have been charged with spying on behalf of Russia in Sweden for ten years, with one of the brothers having held jobs in the Swedish Security Police (Sapo) and the Swedish armed forces.

The ongoing war in Ukraine is “not in the interest” of Europe, a French General has claimed, saying that the continent has aligned itself too much with American interests on the issue.

WNBA player Brittney Griner has now been moved to a Russian forced labor camp to complete her 9-1/2-year prison sentence.

Vitali Klitschko, the former heavyweight boxing champion and current Mayor of Kyiv, has urged a partial evacuation of the Ukrainian capital due to power cuts caused by Russian strikes.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian forces are stepping up their strikes in a fiercely contested region of eastern Ukraine, worsening the already tough conditions for residents and the defending army following Moscow’s illegal annexation and declaration of martial law in Donetsk province, Ukrainian authorities said.

Russia’s ambassador to the United Kingdom has warned that Britain is “too deep” in the Ukraine war, bringing the NATO member “up to the line” of “no return” in terms of a possible conflict with Moscow.

Military personnel are in Ukraine to, it is claimed, keep track of weaponry and ammunition supplied by the U.S., the Pentagon says.

A suspected Russian hack of former Prime Minister Liz Truss’ phone is thought to have leaked top-secret details regarding arms shipments to Russia.

Facing reverses on the frontline, Russian forces are intensifying strategic strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure, with a renewed bombardment of Kyiv (Kiev) cutting off power and water in the capital. 

Poland has demolished four so-called ‘Monuments of Gratitude’ to the armies of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) as part of an ongoing decommunisation programme.

Thousands of people rallied in Prague on Friday to protest the Czech government’s continued support of sanctions against Russia and call for an early election so that a new government can negotiate with Moscow before the winter energy crunch hits.

Russia announced it would no longer comply with the United Nations-negotiated pact to allow the export of grain from Ukrainian ports.

Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has denied Russian allegations that the Royal Navy directed Ukrainian drone strikes against the Black Sea Fleet and facilitated the “terrorist attack” on the Nord Stream pipelines.

Britain’s Royal Navy helped to execute the “terrorist attack” which damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia to the European Union, the Russian defence ministry has alleged.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says “Western refugees” are welcome to abandon their multicultural homelands for Hungary, and that Joe Biden, unlike Trump, is too weak to make peace in Ukraine. 

Fresh from bottling out of the Conservative (Tory) Party leadership, Boris Johnson is making a bid for continued relevance by launching a foundation focused on Ukraine. 

A European Commissioner outlined the EU’s plan to stop the flow of arms from Ukrainian from ending up in the hands of criminals. 

The UK will allegedly partner with the EU’s “military mobility” unit so that it can move troops and weapons across the continent quicker.

MOSCOW (AP) – A Russian warplane slammed into a residential building in the Siberian city of Irkutsk on Sunday, killing both crewmembers, authorities said. It was the second time in less than a week that a combat jet crashed in a residential area in Russia.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Weapons shortages across Europe could force hard choices for Ukraine’s allies as they balance their support for Ukraine against the risk that Russia could target them next.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian-installed authorities in Ukraine told all residents of the city of Kherson to leave “immediately” Saturday ahead of an expected advance by Ukrainian troops waging a counter-offensive to recapture one of the first urban areas Russia took after invading the country.

The movement to bring back former Prime Minister Boris Johnson into office was seemingly backed by Ukraine, with the official account of government on Twitter posting a ‘Better Call Boris’ meme on Thursday evening.

Kyrie Irving turned his attention to blasting Joe Biden for doing nothing to get WNBA player Brittney Griner freed from a Russian prison.

Britain’s defense secretary revealed Thursday that a Russian fighter jet released a missile near an RAF aircraft last month.

A former Russian ambassador to Washington D.C. is claiming that Joe Biden is desperately pushing the Russians to free Brittney Girner.

The Russian military has once again targeted key infrastructure installations in Ukraine, including in the capital of Kyiv (Kiev).

The European Union will establish a mission to train around 15,000 Ukrainian troops and donate another 500 million euros ($485 million) in aid to support Kyiv against Moscow. 

Residents of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv (Kiev) woke up to a swarm of so-called ‘kamikaze’ drones raining down on the city on Monday morning.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are allegedly on the ground in Ukraine training Russian forces in the use of “kamikaze” drones.