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Grant Shapps denies West’s unity over Ukraine at risk from US budget threat

Defence secretary also plays down pre-election tensions in Poland

Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2023

Allies ‘plan for 2 more years of war’ in Ukraine

Britain and senior European allies are preparing a strategy for the Ukraine war lasting at least another two years - and factoring in a diminished role by the United States if Donald Trump returns to the White House, senior defence sources have revealed.

Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2023

Shapps plays down Western splits over Ukraine amid push for extra funding

Grant Shapps warned Vladimir Putin not to misinterpret domestic political wrangles as a sign that support for Kyiv is fading.

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 586 of the invasion

Joe Biden urges Congress to swiftly approve Ukraine aid left out of US government funding bill; Rishi Sunak rows back on defence minister’s suggestion that British troops could carry out training in Ukraine

The Guardian - AU · Oct 1, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war live: UK’s plan to train service members in Ukraine makes them ‘legal targets’, says Medvedev – as it happened

Russia’s former leader responds to statements by UK defence secretary, who said UK is in talks to move training to Ukraine

The Guardian - AU · Oct 1, 2023

Zelensky urges Ukrainian victory over Russia at national event honouring country’s military

The Ukranian president called for victory over Russia and praised the armed forces

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023

Shapps: £4 billion worth of contracts signed to develop attack submarines

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps also announced RAF Typhoons have been sent to Poland to support the UK’s fellow Nato country.

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023

Russia prepares to finance years of fighting in Ukraine according to leaked documents

The claims are based on leaked documents from Moscow

Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2023

The UK defense secretary suggests British training of Ukrainian soldiers could move into Ukraine

Britain’s new defense secretary has suggested that British military training of Ukrainian soldiers, which currently takes place in U.K. bases, could move into western Ukraine

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023

PM insists no plan to send British troops for training in Ukraine ‘here and now’

Rishi Sunak made clear that plans mooted by Defence Secretary Grant Shapps would be for after the conflict with Russia.

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023