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Russia’s President Putin has warned that if the UK goes ahead with plans to supply Ukraine with shells containing depleted uranium, then Russia will be forced “to respond”. The warning came on the second day of a visit to Moscow by China’s President Xi. Vl

It’s reported that Russian missiles have struck a farm in Poland near its border with Ukraine, killing two people. It came on a day that Russia launched a mass wave of missile attacks across Ukraine. Russia dismissed claims that it was responsible for t

Voting has begun in four regions of Ukraine that have been seized and occupied by Russian forces, in so-called independence referendums. People in Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson have been told to vote on proposals for their regions to leave U

Russian President Vladimir Putin is calling up thousands of extra troops to fight in Ukraine after suffering setbacks on the battlefield. Mr Putin said the partial mobilisation was necessary to ensure Russian territorial integrity. In a televised addres

In a major policy shift, the German government has authorised the supply of dozens of tanks to Ukraine. The announcement came as Nato and other Western allies met at a US air base in Germany to consider how to help Ukraine defend itself against the Russ