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UK must increase its defence spending after Ukraine support, ex-Army chief warns

Underinvestment in the UK military is something Government should take “seriously”, warns former head of the Army, General Lord Richard Dannatt

The Independent UK

Ukraine vigil with Helen Mirren celebrates new Kyiv Road in London

Kyiv Road is coming to London and we were at Trafalgar Square last night to hear the news. At a vigil arranged by the US Embassy and Westminster Council to mark the first anniversary of the Ukraine war, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and actor Dame Helen Mirren, right, formed an…

Evening Standard

Sunak leads minute’s silence marking Ukraine’s resistance to Putin’s invasion

Volodymyr Zelensky has led an extraordinary year-long resistance but hundreds of thousands have been killed and millions displaced.

The Independent UK

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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 366 of the invasion

Commemorations staged around world on first anniversary of Russian invasion; Zelenskiy says Ukraine has proved ‘invincible’

The Guardian - UK

Putin ‘sacrificing soldiers for own vanity’ and is suffering ‘huge losses’ in Ukraine

UK has introduced fresh sanctions against Russia

The Independent UK

Dame Helen Mirren tears up reciting ‘powerful’ poem at London Ukraine vigil

The actress addressed the crowds in Trafalgar Square to mark the one-year anniversary of the Ukrainian war

Evening Standard

UK willing to supply jets to allies so they can send fighter planes to Ukraine

Ben Wallace said backfilling allies with the UK’s jets to free up their own would be a quicker way to bolster Kyiv’s defences.

The Independent UK

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Ben Wallace rules out sending British Typhoon jets to Ukraine in short term

Defence secretary says fighter jets too complex for Ukrainian pilots to fly and would require UK ground support

The Guardian - UK

UK willing to lend Typhoon jets to allies who give fighter planes to Ukraine

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the government has been "very clear" that it will not be providing Typhoons to Ukraine due to training requirements, but said it is prepared to "backfill" for allies who donate Russian or Soviet jets

Daily Mirror

Britain is confident China wants Ukraine conflict resolved - defence secretary

British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the notion that China could supply arms to support Russia's invasion of Ukraine would not help resolve the conflict, an outcome he was confident China wanted.

Reuters

When and why did Russia invade Ukraine and what's happening now? The conflict explained as one-year anniversary marked

Thousands of civilians and soldiers have died in the conflict since Putin launched his invasion on February 24, 2022

Manchester Evening News

Ukrainians are ‘not losing optimism’ after one year of war, ambassador tells vigil

Vadym Prystaiko says Ukraine is ‘stubborn’ and ‘will be able to go through this’

The Independent UK

Ukrainians have not lost optimism after one year of war, ambassador tells vigil

Vadym Prystaiko, speaking at a vigil to mark the anniversary of Russia’s invasion, insisted Ukrainian people are ‘confidently looking at our future’.

The Independent UK

Defence review at risk of delay amid funding row

Original review published in 2021 but Ukraine war demonstrates need for investment

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The Independent UK

Russia’s ‘meat grinder’ war in Ukraine ‘will not stop’, UK defence secretary warns

Ben Wallace speaks on eve of one year anniversary of ‘special military operation’

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 365 of the invasion

Russian forces step up attacks along eastern frontline; UN to vote on calling for unconditional withdrawal of troops; Zelenskiy says he would welcome meeting with China

The Independent UK

‘He’s a junior minister’: Ben Wallace slaps down Johnny Mercer as war of words escalates

Defence secretary says junior Tory colleague ‘lucky’ not to have headache of running department

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin vows to send world-ending Satan-2 nuclear-capable missiles into combat

Russia carried out a failed test of the Satan-2 missile - which could turn the world into a radioactive crater - as US President Joe Biden visited his counterpart in Ukraine

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Defence secretary accuses Prince Harry of ‘boasting’ about killing Taliban fighters

‘If you start talking about who did what, you’re letting down all those other people,’ says Ben Wallace

Evening Standard

Ben Wallace accuses Prince Harry of ‘boasting’ about his Afghanistan kill-count

Ben Wallace has criticised Prince Harry for “boasting” about the number of people he killed while on tour in Afghanistan.

The Independent UK

Ukraine war could rage for another 12 months, says Defence Secretary

Ben Wallace said Russian President Vladimir Putin was operating his army like a ‘meat grinder’ and was ‘not going to stop’.

Evening Standard

Ouch! Ben Wallace slaps down Johnny Mercer over funding

It’s lucky you don’t have a budget to run, Wallace tells Mercer

The Guardian - UK

UK defence secretary accuses Prince Harry of ‘boasting’ about war killings

Ben Wallace says success in armed forces is not measured by ‘who can shoot the most’

Daily Mirror

Tory minister boasts he has bigger department than rival in petty row over defence

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace boasted he has 224,000 staff while Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer has an office with just 12 people as they clashed over money for the Armed Forces

Evening Standard

War in Ukraine will last at least another year despite Putin’s failure, says Defence Secretary Ben Wallace

Ukraine and Russia will still be at war in another 12 months, the Defence Secretary has warned as he accused Vladimir Putin of running a “meat grinder for an army”.

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