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Sir Tony Radakin says Kyiv is pushing Russia back” and has rejected claims Ukraine’s counteroffensive is struggling

General Mark Milley says Ukraine has ‘30 to 45 days’ before rainy and muddy conditions

The Army is again in the spotlight, with a wonderful Whitehall row about who is to lead it after the charismatic General Sir Patrick Sanders steps down next year as Chief of the General Staff. With the Government’s rehashed Defence Command White Paper due before Parliament goes on holiday in…

‘Patrick and I haven’t fallen out,’ Admiral Sir Tony Radakin tells MPs

Tony Radakin tells MPs that Patrick Sanders’ brief tenure is down to the defence secretary not him

General Sir Patrick Sanders was told his appointment as head of the British Army was only for two years, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin told MPs.

Gen Sir Patrick Sanders is said to have told defence secretary that the army cannot take more reductions

The Chief of the Defence Staff said technology would be more important than troop numbers in future.

Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin dropped a very big hint that no new cuts to soldier numbers would be included in the Defence Command Paper