KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The United States and Britain pledged nearly $1.5 billion in additional aid to Ukraine on Wednesday during a visit to Kyiv by their top diplomats as Ukrainian officials renewed their pleas to use Western-provided missiles against targets deeper inside Russia. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced more than $700 million...
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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Lammy and Blinken hold Kyiv press conference amid missiles pressure
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The US and Britain accuse Iran of sending Russia missiles to use against Ukraine
LONDON (AP) — The United States and Britain formally accused Iran on Tuesday of supplying short-range ballistic missiles to Russia to use against Ukraine, announcing new sanctions on Moscow and Tehran before a joint visit to Kyiv by their top diplomats. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking alongside British Foreign Secretary David Lammy during...
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World order ‘under threat,’ US and UK spy chiefs warn
They said they were “working ceaselessly” for a cease-fire and hostage deal in the Gaza Strip. The two spy chiefs also said they saw the war in Ukraine coming “and were able to warn the international community,” in part by declassifying secrets to help Kyiv. Burns and Moore said their agencies “exploited our intelligence channels...
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Zelensky accuses UK of dragging heels on long-range missile deliveries
Ukraine’s allies made promises of air defence munitions in the wake of a deadly wave of long-range bombardments against civilian and military targets by Moscow. More than 50 people were killed in an attack on a military academy in the central city of Poltava, while a day later a missile barrage on western Lviv wiped...
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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky accuses Britain of slowing delivery of long-range missiles
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Do not squander our Russia invasion, Ukraine tells Britain
In Brussels, Mr Kuleba also warned allies against over-promising, claiming that several nations had not yet delivered Patriot air defence systems pledged earlier this summer. “Good progress has been made and announcements were made, but again, some Patriot systems were announced and not delivered yet,” the minister said. Kyiv has around five Patriot batteries –...
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Ukraine-Russia war: Moscow captures two Ukrainian villages in march towards key city
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Britain’s leadership on Ukraine has ‘slowed down’, Zelensky tells Starmer
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Ukraine uses British tanks on Russian soil in cross-border raid
Last September, a Challenger 2 was destroyed by enemy fire in southern Ukraine when Ukrainian forces were bogged down by Moscow’s defences. The Ministry of Defence has never placed restrictions on the use of conventional British weapons on Russian soil, as long as they are used against targets in accordance with international law. However, Storm...
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Zelensky: Let me use British missiles to end Putin’s rule
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, a former British tank commander, said Storm Shadow missiles would be able to strike “rail heads and key roads coming into Kursk, plus any airfields within 100 miles”. “Putin is rattled and this would show the West is fully committed to Ukraine, which has not been apparent hitherto,” he added. The position...
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Ukraine-Russia war: Kremlin scrambles fighter jets to escort British Typhoons over Black Sea
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