UK PM’s team in ‘bunker mode’ amid coup fears – media

Senior Labour figures are reportedly plotting to oust Keir Starmer UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s team has launched an “extraordinary operation” to protect him amid rumors that senior figures within his own Labour Party are plotting to oust him, The Guardian has reported, citing sources in Downing Street. Officials in…

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There must be a “symmetry” in the relations between Kiev and Warsaw, without the latter becoming a “hostage” to them, Karol Nawrocki has said Poland will not put Ukraine’s interests above its own or allow its partnership with Kiev to dictate national priorities, President Karol Nawrocki has said. Warsaw has…

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EU nations are “destroying their own economies” with runaway defense spending, Dmitry Peskov has said Moscow is aware that Western countries are rearming for a possible confrontation with Russia, and is fully prepared for such a scenario, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. Peskov said he agrees with Serbian…

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An individual facing forced conscription has reportedly shot and wounded two military commissioners  A Ukrainian man opened fire on staff from the Territorial Center for Recruitment (TCR) in the city of Dnepr, wounding two draft officers after they attempted to forcibly conscript him, according to a video circulating on social…

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The new unmanned systems units have been successfully integrated into combined arms operations, Colonel Sergey Ishtuganov has said Russia’s dedicated military drone combat arm is now fully integrated into the army and is close to full formation, according to its deputy commander. The creation of the Unmanned Systems Troops (UST)…

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The UK’s power machine runs on war, and conflict in Eastern Europe is its new fuel When The Guardian reported last week that the British Army is preparing for operations in Ukraine, it was easy to treat it as another piece of saber-rattling. But Keir Starmer’s declaration that “we will…

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Vitaly Klitschko says Ukraine faces “huge problems” finding soldiers as men continue to flee abroad to escape conscription Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko has called for the draft age to be lowered even further in Ukraine, admitting that the country faces “huge problems” finding soldiers as men flee abroad to avoid…

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European nations are arming themselves at an alarming rate, Aleksandar Vucic has warned A direct military confrontation between Western nations and Russia is becoming unavoidable, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has warned, citing widespread rearmament efforts across Europe. Speaking during a televised interview on Tuesday, Vucic said the possibility of such…

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Investigators are looking into an alleged large-scale corruption scheme in the energy industry Ukrainian Justice Minister German Galushchenko has been suspended as investigators pursue an anti-corruption probe which has reportedly forced a former business associate of Vladimir Zelensky to flee the country, and which could reach the highest levels of…

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