Matt Hancock told aides he wanted to “frighten the pants off everyone” to ensure compliance with Covid-19 restrictions, in leaked messages which reveal discussions over when to “deploy” details of a new strain.
This would be a good time for Putin to realize he can't subjugate Ukraine by force, war experts said, but he's clearly not come to this conclusion.
Russia’s 10th Tank Regiment has lost many of its tanks in “tactically flawed frontal assaults” on the eastern town of Avdiivka in Ukraine, British defence chiefs said on Tuesday. Vladimir Putin’s army had achieved only “marginal progress,” they added, in the offensive in the Donetsk province, at the “cost of heavy losses in armoured vehicles”. In its latest intelligence update, the Ministry of Defence in London said Russian generals had been prioritising in recent days an operation to try to encircle the Donetsk town of Avdiivka.
Analysts expect a Ukrainian counter-attack to get under way in earnest as the weather improves and more military aid arrives
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Analyst says Ukraine battle – in which the Russian side has suffered heavy casualties – is part of a wider Kremlin power play
Russia is reportedly preparing massive defences to prevent a lightning offensive to retake the occupied peninsula.
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The first British Challenger 2 battle tanks have arrived in Ukraine in a major boost for its armoured forces ahead of a planned spring offensive.
"His end will not be a calm and quiet conclusion," the former Trump ally predicted.
The Russian 155th Naval Infantry Brigade has suffered heavy losses in attempts to take the town of Vuhledar, the Institute for the Study of War said.
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The 155th brigade's journey in Ukraine is one of battlefield losses, war crime accusations, poor reinforcements, and open dissent.
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Avdiivka could become a "second Bakhmut" as Russian troops turn their attention to the small Donetsk city, Ukrainian military officials warned.
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