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Lord Dannatt believes Ukrainian armed forces, supplied with heavy weapons from West, will be ready to launch counter-offensive as Putin’s troops are ‘reeling’ from battlefield setbacks

UK keeping eye on risk – as defence secretary Ben Wallace rules out sending planes in short term

Officials spoke as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a surprise visit to the UK.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Britain and others on Wednesday to give Ukraine "wings for freedom" by sending combat aircraft to help turn the tide against Russia's offensive, hoping to overcome Western reluctance to take that step. Western countries have scaled up their pledges of military aid for Ukraine this year…

The Foreign Office said companies profiting from the Kremlin’s war machine will be penalised

Britain set out a new round of sanctions on "Russian military and Kremlin elites" on Wednesday, including six entities providing military equipment such as drones for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

MPs have written to the Foreign Secretary demanding a challenge to Switzerland over a ruling to hand back laundered funds to UK-sanctioned Russians.

Ukrainian president earlier urged parliament ‘give us wings’ to protect freedom

A court in Moscow has upheld an earlier verdict to revoke the license of a top independent newspaper that has been critical of the Kremlin for years, part of the authorities’ relentless crackdown on dissent