Russia has suffered around 1.3 million casualties since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, including around 400,000 in 2025 alone, a senior NATO official told journalists at NATO Headquarters.

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Defence Ministers concluded a productive meeting in Brussels, describing the atmosphere as a turning point for the Alliance.

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UK Defence Secretary John Healey used his remarks at the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (UDCG) press conference in Brussels to frame the war as entering a decisive year, warning that Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities are intensifying while Western support must accelerate in response. Opening his statement, Healey said the pledges announced at the meeting […]

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Russian forces are making only incremental advances in Ukraine, with no decisive battlefield breakthroughs, while sustaining losses that a senior NATO official described as unprecedented in modern European warfare.

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The UK will provide more than £500 million in urgent air defence support for Ukraine, the Defence Secretary has announced at NATO Headquarters in Brussels

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The UK will double the number of British troops deployed to Norway over the next three years, from 1,000 to 2,000 personnel, as ministers link the move to rising Russian military activity.

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The government is working towards: “delivering the ambition to make a conditional offer of employment to candidates within 10 days, and a provisional training start date within 30 days”.

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has called for closer defence and industrial cooperation with Europe, urging allies to pursue joint procurement and deeper interoperability as a way to deliver better value for money and accelerate capability delivery. Speaking at an event on European security at the London School of Economics, hosted by Brussels-based think tank Bruegel, Reeves […]

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NATO says its Rapid Adoption Action Plan can bring new tech into service within 24 months, and told the UK Defence Journal the target is realistic, with some off-the-shelf systems acquired in as little as six to nine months.

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Russia is continuing to make incremental gains on parts of the front line but remains short of the conditions needed for a breakthrough, with Ukrainian defences unlikely to collapse this year, a senior NATO official told journalists.

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