Sunak resists Johnson’s call to supply RAF warplanes to Ukraine
Training a pilot to fly one of the RAF’s jets takes years and the UK government is focused on support it can provide now, Number 10 said
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Russia hits more civilian targets as EU officials visit Kyiv
Kramatorsk is a major hub for the Ukrainian military in the east.
EU officials visit Kyiv as Russia hits civilian target
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy is due to meet European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell
Russian arms dealer, his son and companies hit with US sanctions
About 22 people and organisations related to a sanctions evasion network supporting Russia’s military-industrial complex were named
Russian journalist sentenced for speaking out on Ukraine
Alexander Nevzorov was convicted on charges of spreading false information about the military.
Russia focuses on eastern Ukraine for possible new offensive
The Kremlin’s forces are gathering in the Luhansk region as the first anniversary of the Russian invasion approaches.
Kremlin says any new longer-range US rockets will escalate Ukraine conflict
Kremlin says any new longer-range US rockets will escalate Ukraine conflict
Johnson backs calls for West to send fighter planes to Ukraine
The former UK prime minister said: ‘Save time, save money, save lives. Give the Ukrainians what they need as fast as possible.’
UK says it is ‘not practical’ to give Ukraine British fighter jets
Downing Street said it would take too long to train Kyiv’s forces on the ‘extremely sophisticated’ warplanes
Boris Johnson told ‘a lie’ over Putin missile attack claims, says Kremlin
The former British prime minister alleged that the Russian president appeared to threaten him in the days before Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.