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Exact dates Vladimir Putin is expected to launch 'unstoppable' nuclear Satan-2 missile

Russia President Vladimir Putin is testing his hypersonic Satan-2 apocalypse missile and officials in remote districts have been warned to be ready for a test launch between February 15 and 25

Daily Mirror · Feb 9, 2023

Zelensky tells EU summit Ukraine needs more weapons, more quickly

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky was given a hero's welcome by EU heads of state at a summit in Brussels on Thursday as he lobbied the regional bloc to speed the delivery of modern weapons to halt a Russian offensive.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 9, 2023

Putin’s spring offensive in Ukraine set to ‘fail in bloody fashion,’ says ex-head of British Army Lord Dannatt

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

Evening Standard · Feb 9, 2023

Putin’s alleged ex-lover among Russians targeted by latest UK sanctions

UK acts against Kremlin-linked firms and individuals including Svetlana Krivonogikh, who it is claimed had a daughter by the Russian leader

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2023

Russian disinformation during Ukraine invasion ‘gaining traction but low quality’

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

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Calls for ‘Wings for Freedom’ Fighter Jets on Trip to Europe

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 8, 2023

UK extends Russia sanctions targeting those helping fund Putin’s war as Ukrainian president visits Britain

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

Evening Standard · Feb 8, 2023

UK sanctions more Russian entities and individuals

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.

Reuters · Feb 8, 2023

Cleverly urged to act as Swiss set to return millions in seized funds to Russia

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

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023

Sunak says ‘nothing off the table’ after Zelenskiy’s plea for fighter jets – as it happened

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

The Guardian - AU · Feb 8, 2023