No evidence' Vladimir Putin wants peace deal to end his Ukraine war, says Foreign Secretary David Lammy - The Cabinet minister also suggested that Donald Trump’s timetable for a peace deal was slippin

Figures shared by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) earlier that week, attributed to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, estimate that in November 2024 Russian casualties totalled 45,680. But this figure includes both troops who were killed and those who were wounded – it does not refer solely to deaths.

The UK has not carried out a single conviction for breaches of Russian sanctions, the National Crime Agency has said. Financial sanctions on Russia were introduced following the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the wider invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

A major explosive factory deep inside Russia which supplies Vladimir Putin ’s army was attacked, says Ukraine. The plant is in the Tambov region hundreds of miles from the border with Ukraine.

The Foreign Secretary has called on the incoming US president to say how he will pay for a massive increase in defence spending.

The latest sanctions come after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer discussed the Ukraine conflict with French President Emmanuel Macron over dinner.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy today revealed that officials would ... particularly to pursue this war in Ukraine. 'So this is a new tool that I am using, and it's to cripple people smuggling ...

NATO's current target for members' defense spending is 2 percent of their country's GDP. Trump has repeatedly called on the alliance to increase this amount.

The Biden administration has imposed some of its toughest sanctions yet on Russia, in a move designed to hit Moscow's energy revenue that is fuelling its war in Ukraine. The measures target more than 200 entities and individuals ranging from traders and officials to insurance companies, as well as hundreds of oil tankers.

David Lammy told the BBC that he believes Mr Trump ... He also poured cold water on the idea of a deal between Ukraine and Russia being reached in Mr Trump’s first days in office, believing ...

Russia on Friday sentenced three lawyers who had defended Alexei Navalny to several years in prison for bringing messages from the late opposition leader from prison to the outside world.

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