A Russian fighter jet struck the propeller of a US surveillance drone over the Black Sea in a "brazen violation of international law", causing American forces to bring down the unmanned aerial vehicle
Russia claims US jets were intercepted on Monday
Russia has slowly made advances in Bakhmut in part by using anti-retreat units, Ukrainian commanders told The New York Times.
Lots of Russian military hardware has been lost or destroyed in Ukraine, but Moscow has other, unconventional tools to bring to bear against the US.
The Government is preparing to shelve a planned rise in the state pension age, as a decline in life expectancy leaves ministers struggling to justify the change.
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The Pentagon is speeding up its delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, opting to send a refurbished older model that can be ready faster, with the aim of getting the 70-ton battle powerhouses to the war zone by the fall, the Pentagon said Tuesday. The original plan was to send Ukraine 31 of the newer M1A2 Abrams, which could have taken a year or two to build and ship. Officials said the M1A1 also will be easier for Ukrainian forces to learn to use and maintain as they fight the invading Russian forces.
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In the video circulating online, the Russian president's security detail can be seen desperately looking around to see where the shout came from.
Speaking in London on Monday, Minister of State for Defence Annabel Goldie said some of the ammunition for the Challenger 2 battle tanks that Britain is sending to Ukraine includes armour piercing rounds which contain depleted uranium. "If all this happens, Russian will have to respond accordingly, given that the West collectively is already beginning to use weapons with a nuclear component," Putin said in remarks after a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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Thousands of Russian convicts who have fought for the Wagner mercenary group will be pardoned and released in the coming weeks, according to British intelligence. The Kremlin-controlled paramilitary Wagner Group has become increasingly powerful and spearheaded assaults on key towns such as Soledar, Popasna and Lysychansk during the Ukraine war. The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said the military outfit has massively increased in size in the past year due to the recruitment of convicts from Russia’s jails.
Russian leader reacts to comments by UK defence minister that Britain will supply armour-piercing rounds to Kyiv
Police Scotland is under pressure to act after Nicola Sturgeon disclosed she and her husband had not yet been spoken to as part of an investigation into alleged missing SNP funds.
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Just when there are more important things to be debated, it appears the Commons will again be distracted by party feuds, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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Labour is responding by saying it is nothing more than a sticking plaster. In his article in the New Statesman in which he announced his missions, Sir Keir Starmer decried the “sticking plaster politics” of the Government. The terms of trade are being set down.
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