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Ukraine to be told it is too corrupt to join Nato
Joe Biden raised “significant corruption” in an interview with Time magazine this year, during which he ruled out supporting the “Nato-isation of Ukraine”. Nato diplomats and officials have given Ukraine a list of reforms it will be expected to carry out before its membership ambitions can be realised, a US defence official said. “That’s something...
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War crimes warrant issued for Russian military chiefs
“During this timeframe, a large number of strikes against numerous electric power plants and sub-stations were carried out by the Russian armed forces in multiple locations in Ukraine. “The expected incidental civilian harm and damage would have been clearly excessive to the anticipated military advantage,” the court added. Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, said the fresh...
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Ukraine to get German-made ‘Frankenstein’ tank
But Ukrainian leaders have repeatedly called for more support in the form of air defences, in the face of continuous Russian drone attacks that have ravaged the country’s energy sector. Rheinmetall has only recently developed the Skyranger system, which boasts sophisticated sensors with 360-degree vision of the battlefield, capable of dealing with swarms of drones....
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Biden opposes Ukraine Nato membership as part of peace deal
Joe Biden has ruled out Ukraine joining Nato in the aftermath of a ceasefire with Russia in a major blow to Volodymyr Zelensky. Ahead of Nato’s annual summit on July 9, the US president said Ukraine would have to rely on supplies of Western weapons to ward off a second Russian offensive. Peace, he said,...
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What Russia really wants from its summer offensive
The attack came in the early hours of Friday morning, about 15 miles northeast of the Kharkiv city ring road. But neither the time nor the place were a surprise. For weeks, Ukrainian officials had been warning of a new Russian offensive some time in May. Russian propagandists, Ukrainian military analysts, and even armchair observers...
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Arsonists attack home owned by chief of leading German arms manufacturer over Ukraine links
German Left-wing extremists have launched an arson attack on the summer home of the chief of Rheinmetall, a major German arms manufacturer, in protest at his support for Ukraine. In an anonymous post on social media, the activists said they had targeted the house of Armin Papperger because he was a profiteer of the “so-called...
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Ukraine-Russia war live: 100-mile US glide bombs fail in Ukraine
Modern battle tanks are weapons of shock and awe. They are best used manoeuvring around the battlefield at speeds of up to 50mph and delivering devastatingly accurate strikes with their 120mm cannons. But in Ukraine they have been deployed on the frontline more as mobile pillboxes or as 60-ton sniper rifles. This is why it...
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Russia-Ukraine war latest: Ukraine bombs Crimean airbase
The news on Thursday morning that two more alleged Russian spies have been arrested in Germany will make disquieting reading for Nato officials. It is the latest spying scandal to hit Germany after the hugely embarrassing leak of a phone call between German air force officers discussing a potential delivery of Taurus missiles to Ukraine, which was intercepted by...
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Putin’s transformation into the new Stalin is now complete
Putin has always had an admiration for Stalin and under his rule, statues of the tyrant have been reappearing at a gathering pace. There are now more than a hundred of them across Russia. Although Stalingrad, now Volgograd, has yet to revert to its wartime name, last year a statue was erected to commemorate the...
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German leaks putting British troops at risk are ‘tip of the iceberg’
EU sources said the bloc’s intelligence practices were under constant review because of the threat of Russian attacks. A Nato official said: “We don’t comment on intelligence matters.” Warnings were also issued on Monday night that the NHS must prepare for a “high-casualty scenario” in case war breaks out in Europe. Colonel Si Horne, who...
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‘Don’t let Putin launch an attack on Europe’, says Zelensky’s top adviser | Defence in Depth
To mark the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, The Telegraph was given exclusive access to travel to Kyiv and conduct a series of interviews with some of the most powerful figures in President Zelensky’s administration. In last week’s episode, Dom Nicholls interviewed General Budanov – the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence. ...
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