The UK’s defence ministry has backed a Ukrainian claim that Ukraine’s forces likely shot down an Iranian-made drone. It said it was “highly likely” that Russia has deployed unmanned aerial vehicles made by Iran. The Iranian government has yet to comment on the claims. The UK defence ministry has backed up a Ukrainian claim that … Read more
After the EU executive proposed that Kyiv be given the status of a candidate to join the bloc The German tabloid Bild am Sonntag cited NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg as saying that arming Ukrainian forces with cutting-edge weapons would boost the likelihood of releasing the eastern Donbas from Russian control. “We need to be ready … Read more
Ukraine’s self-proclaimed leaders are one of the people being hit by new UK sanctions. Sergei Kozlov and Alexander Ananchenko, who live in the self-declared People’s Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, have been punished. Recent events have seen Russia move its troops away from the city of Kyiv and shift most of its … Read more
