By Gordon Corera Security correspondent, Kyiv Out in a dense forest in central Ukraine, troops from a Ukrainian artillery battery are training before heading out to the front lines. For some it will be a return to the fight, for others it will be their first time – as they replace those who have been…
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Biden begins three-nation tour with UK visit before NATO summit
US President Joe Biden heads to the UK, then Lithuania for a NATO summit focusing on the conflict in Ukraine, and then Finland. United States President Joe Biden has kicked off a three-nation trip dominated by a NATO summit aimed at showing solidarity with Ukraine amid disagreements over Kyiv’s possible accession into the alliance. Biden arrived in…
Boris Plans Face-To-Face Meeting With Biden To Plot Ukraine Endgame
Updated at 1316 EAT on 18th March 2022. Boris Johnson is planning a face-to-face meeting with Joe Biden to plot the endgame’ in Ukraine after crisis rejuvenated the Special Relationship. The PM is expected to hold talks with the US president at a Nato summit in Brussels next week, amid speculation that Britain could end up acting…
Poland Ready To Place All Its MIG-29 Jets At The Disposal Of U.S.
Updated at 0756 EAT ON 09th March 2022. WARSAW, March 8 – Poland is ready to deploy all its MIG-29 jets to Ramstein Air Base in Germany and put them at the disposal of the United States, and urges other NATO members that own planes of that type to do the same, the Foreign Ministry…
Hacking Collective Anonymous Declares ‘Cyber War’ Against Vladimir Putin’s Government.
Updated at 0722 EAT on February 25th 2022. What you need to know: The elusive computer experts issued the stark announcement on Twitter They said they were ‘officially’ in ‘cyber war against the Russian government’ Shortly afterwards they revealed they had targeted Kremlin-backed RT . Hacking group Anonymous has declared ‘cyber war’ against President Vladimir Putin’s government…
Europe is worried about energy as tensions between Nato and Russia increase.
EU depends on Russia for a third of its gas supplies and any interruption would worsen an existing energy crisis. The head of NATO has said Europe needs to diversify its energy supplies, as the United Kingdom warned it was “highly likely” that Russia, the continent’s biggest natural gas supplier, was looking to invade Ukraine….
Nato sends more reinforcements to Eastern Europe Amid Ukraine tensions.
By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 0652 EAT on 25 January 2022. NATO said it was putting forces on standby and reinforcing Eastern Europe with more ships and fighter jets, and could also send additional troops to its southeast flank, in what Russia denounced as an escalation of tensions over Ukraine. Welcoming a series of deployments…
NATO and Russia Talks as regards to Ukraine war
NATO warns Russia it will not compromise on the alliance’s principles, but invites Moscow to more talks over Ukraine security fears. By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 0647 EAT on 13 January 2022. NATO and the United States have rejected key Russian security demands for easing tensions over Ukraine but left open the possibility of…
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