Ukraine fears more than 100,000 Russian troops will be in place on its borders, ready to invade, by the end of the month. A Ukrainian government report, obtained by the Daily Mail, estimates the Kremlin will deploy up to 30,000 extra soldiers, accompanied by more tanks and rocket systems, in support of 80,000 Russian troops … Read more
Vladimir Putin’s fearsome special unit of TANK ROBOTS will go into action ‘soon’ in the Russian Army amid fears of war in Ukraine Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu attended a firepower demonstration He witnessed Russia’s unmanned Uran-9 robot tanks operating remotely Russia is preparing to deploy its first unit of five Uran-9 in the near … Read more
Rishi Sunak released messages he sent to former prime minister David Cameron tonight amid a furious lobbying row involving collapsed finance firm Greensill Capital. The Treasury released the Chancellor’s texts after a freedom of information request into efforts by the ex-Tory leader to contact ministers in search of millions of pounds of extra Covid rescue … Read more
Theresa May defended firing Gavin Williamson as defence secretary over a leak from a security meeting about Huawei today, saying his departure allowed security officials to ‘speak freely’ again. The former prime minister said that the 2019 incident in which material from a National Security Council meeting about the Chinese tech giant was leaked to the … Read more
Britain will offer to share millions of doses of AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine made at a factory in the Netherlands in a desperate peace offering to the European Union, it was claimed today. No10 is seeking to defuse an escalating jab war with EU chiefs, amid growing fears the bloc will push ahead with an extraordinary … Read more
Boris Johnson is expected to ask European leaders to dismiss any proposals to block coronavirus vaccine exports to the UK amid fears Britain’s triumphant rollout could be delayed by up to two months if the EU pushes ahead with its threats of a ban. In a dramatic move, Ursula von der Leyen, the President of … Read more
Britain’s triumphant vaccine rollout could be delayed by up to two months if the EU pushes ahead with its threats of an export ban, it is feared. In a dramatic move, Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, threatened to join forces with the French and German governments to hold hostage more … Read more
Ministers cast further doubts on summer holidays abroad and warn booking now is ‘risky’ as they ‘work on new “traffic light” scheme to resume non-essential travel’ amid fears over spiking Covid numbers in Europe Ben Wallace said it is ‘premature’ and ‘potentially risky’ to book holiday abroad Ministers said to be working on new ‘traffic … Read more
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and committee chairman Tobias Ellwood in texting war over Army cutbacks Mr Wallace used private text message to tear into defence committee chairman Mr Wallace appeared to accuse Mr Ellwood of a ‘Ladybird book’ approach earlier Rows are latest sign of Tory tensions over tomorrow’s defence command paper By Brendan Carlin … Read more
Heroic Afghan translator who served alongside UK troops in Afghanistan becomes first to be given sanctuary in Britain after more than 18 months in the ‘worst refugee camp on Earth’ Translator Nesar served alongside UK troops for almost two years in Afghanistan First translator to be allowed sanctuary in Britain from outside his homeland The … Read more