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A member of the military walks past an MBDA Storm Shadow/Scalp missile at the Farnborough Airshow, southwest of London, on July 17, 2018. (Ben STANSALL / AFP)
May 11, 2023, 5:06 pm
UK sending Ukraine long-range Storm Shadow cruise missiles to beat back Russians
London is first of Kyiv’s allies to overtly ship far-reaching weapons, giving Ukraine capability to strike way beyond front lines, including Russian-occupied Crimea
By AP
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) leaders' summit in Samarkand on September 15, 2022. (Alexandr Demyanchuk / SPUTNIK / AFP)
December 21, 2022, 10:23 pm
UK says Russia set to give Iran military tech that will destabilize Middle East
British defense secretary warns military components being traded for Iranian drones will ‘undermine’ region, international security; estimates Russian losses at 100,000 troops
By ToI Staff and AP
50-year school head Svitlana Striletska (R) reacts with 84-year Galina Timofievna (L), as they hug each other in the liberated village of Pravdyne, Kherson region, Ukeraine, on November 12, 2022. (STRINGER / AFP)
November 13, 2022, 12:30 pm
‘We are Ukraine’: Tear of joy as locals celebrate Russian retreat from Kherson
Regional state administration says everything being done to restore normal life, but curfew ordered as security forces work on removing mines left by Russia’s army
By AFP
Liz Truss, followed by her husband Hugh O'Leary, right, walks back into 10 Downing Street after making a statement where she announced her resignation as Prime Minister, in London, October 20, 2022. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)
October 21, 2022, 10:00 am
Sunak, Mordaunt, Johnson? Here’s who could replace Liz Truss as the UK’s next PM
Conservative leader’s resignation after just 45 days in office triggers yet another race for party chief, who will become fifth British premier in six years
By SYLVIA HUI
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks to a waiting car as he leaves from 10 Downing Street in central London on July 6, 2022. (Daniel Leal/AFP)
July 9, 2022, 4:14 am
UK leadership hopefuls jostle for position as Johnson digs in for his final weeks
Former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak launches campaign to replace departing PM, as some Conservatives call for him to step down even before leadership elections
By Jill Lawless and DANICA KIRKA
Prime Minister Boris Johnson enters 10 Downing Street, after announcing his resignation, July 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
July 7, 2022, 5:18 pm
Who could replace Boris Johnson as UK’s next prime minister?
Rishi Sunak, Jeremy Hunt and Liz Truss among top contenders after scandal-ridden Johnson’s resignation
By Jitendra Joshi and Joe JACKSON
Prime Minister Boris Johnson reads a resignation statement outside 10 Downing Street, London, July 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
July 7, 2022, 3:41 pm
UK’s PM Johnson resigns: ‘I want you to know how sad I am… but them’s the breaks’
Says he’ll stay on till ‘our Darwinian system’ produces another leader; touts Brexit, Ukraine support as achievements; defense minister Wallace, ex-chancellor Sunak frontrunners
By ToI Staff and Agencies
British Defense Minister Ben Wallace speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, March 16, 2022. (Olivier Matthy/AP)
March 22, 2022, 11:02 pm
UK accuses Russia of misinformation after defense minister duped by hoax video calls
Imposter posing as Ukrainian prime minister put through on video call to Ben Wallace; doctored clip shows minister talking about nuclear program; other officials also targeted
By Jill Lawless
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, right, greets Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Andra, the commander of the multi-national NATO Enhanced Forward Presence battalion in Lithuania during a visit to the Rukla military base some 100 km (62.12 miles) west of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, on March 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
March 5, 2022, 5:32 pm
US, Germany and Netherlands to bolster forces in Lithuania amid Ukraine war
Baltic state’s defense minister says additional deployments and upcoming maneuvers will bring foreign NATO troop count to 4,000; UK warns Europe faces ‘new Iron Curtain’
By Agencies
A woman walks by a photographic memorial for those killed in the confrontation between Ukraine's military and the pro-Russia separatist forces in Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Feb. 23, 2022. (Vadim Ghirda/AP)
February 23, 2022, 6:55 pm
Amid ‘massive’ cyberattack on Ukraine, US warns of Russian invasion within 48 hours
Defense and foreign ministry websites taken down in attack, as predicted by US officials ahead of full-blown invasion, to include airstrikes, missiles and push to Kyiv
By ToI Staff and Agencies
In this photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Feb. 15, 2022, Russian army tanks move back to their permanent base after drills in Russia (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
February 16, 2022, 10:47 am
NATO: Russia still upping troops on Ukraine border: Blinken: We’ve not seen pullback
Alliance chief disputes Russia’s avowed drawdown; UK defense secretary says intel shows 60% of all Russian land troops plus flotilla encircling Ukraine: ‘Judge with your own eyes’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Neville Chamberlain, left, and Hitler sealing the Munich pact in September 1938. (Public Domain)
February 13, 2022, 2:03 pm
UK minister likens Russia-Ukraine to WWII appeasement: ‘Whiff of Munich in the air’
British defense secretary Ben Wallace compares Western efforts to prevent Russian invasion of Ukraine to failed 1938 agreement with Nazi Germany
By AFP
Hundreds of people gather near an evacuation control checkpoint during ongoing evacuations at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 25, 2021. (AP Photo)
August 26, 2021, 8:48 am
UK defense secretary advises Afghans to flee across borders rather than by air
Ben Wallace briefs UK lawmakers on situation, admits not everyone will get out on rescue flights from Kabul airport
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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