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October 11, 2025 5:36 PM

UK jets flew 12-hour mission with US, NATO near Russian border

Britain said on Saturday that two Royal Air Force aircraft flew a 12-hour mission earlier this week alongside U.S. and NATO forces to patrol the border of Russia, amid a series of recent Russian drone and aircraft incursions into NATO airspace. "This was a substantial joint mission with our U.S. and NATO allies," defence minister John Healey said. "Not only does this provide valuable intelligence to boost the operational awareness of our Armed Forces, but sends a powerful message of NATO unity...

October 3, 2025 9:17 AM

Putin warns the US of escalation risk if it gives Ukraine Tomahawk missiles

Russian President Vladimir Putin swiped back on Thursday at U.S. President Donald Trump for calling Russia a "paper tiger", suggesting NATO might be one and warning the United States that if it supplied Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine it would trigger a dangerous new escalation. Russia's war in Ukraine, Europe's deadliest since World War Two, has sparked the biggest confrontation between Russia and the West since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, and Russian officials say they are now in a "hot" c...

September 30, 2025 3:50 PM

Allies to help boost security at Denmark’s European summits amid drone threat

France, Germany and Sweden said on Monday they would send military personnel and anti-drone systems to Denmark to boost security at this week's European summits after drone incursions that forced the temporary closure of several Danish airports. Copenhagen is due to host EU leaders on Wednesday, followed by a summit on Thursday of the wider, 47-member European Political Community. It has already said it has increased security around the events after the drone sightings. Drones ...

September 26, 2025 12:27 PM

Russia accuses NATO, EU of waging ‘real war’ on it via Ukraine

Russia's top diplomat accused NATO and the European Union of using Ukraine to declare a "real war" against his country in a speech at the United Nations on Thursday that Britain dismissed as "false fantasy world distortions." He spoke at a G20 meeting of foreign ministers at the U.N. two days after U.S. President Donald Trump signalled a harsher stance on Moscow, praising Ukraine's war effort and saying NATO allies should shoot down Russian jets that enter their airspace. Tensions have mounted...

September 24, 2025 10:06 AM

NATO warns Russia to stop ‘escalatory’ actions after Estonian airspace violation

NATO warned Russia on Tuesday that it would use "all necessary military and non-military tools" to defend itself as it condemned Moscow for violating Estonian airspace in a "pattern of increasingly irresponsible behaviour". The warning came after Estonia said on Friday that three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets violated its airspace for 12 minutes before NATO Italian fighter jets escorted them out. The week before, some 20 Russian drones entered Polish airspace, prompting NATO jets to shoot some o...

September 21, 2025 10:47 AM

Arab NATO: An idea whose time has come?

In a bold push for regional security, some Muslim world leaders are calling for the establishment of an Arab or Islamic NATO. The idea sparks intense debate in the region and beyond On 15th September, leaders from across the Arab and Islamic world gathered in Qatar for an emergency summit. What started as a meeting to condemn an Israeli airstrike on Qatar's capital Doha pivoted to talks about an Arab or Islamic NATO -- a military alliance aimed at protecting Arab and Muslim nations from threats...

September 12, 2025 12:53 PM

Russia and Belarus start military exercise near NATO border after drone incursion

Russian and Belarus began a major joint military exercise on NATO's doorstep on Friday that will involve drills in both countries and in the Baltic and Barents seas, the Russian defence ministry said. The "Zapad-2025" exercise - a show of force by Russia and its close ally - is taking place at an exceptionally tense moment in the Russia-Ukraine war, two days after Poland, with support from its NATO allies, shot down suspected Russian drones over its airspace. The Zapad ("West") exercise was sc...

September 12, 2025 11:44 AM

EAM Jaishankar reiterates India’s call for early end to Ukraine conflict in talks with Polish FM

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Thursday held a telephonic conversation with his Polish counterpart Radosław Sikorski, reiterating India’s stance for an early cessation of hostilities and an enduring solution to the conflict in Ukraine “Spoke to Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski of Poland today. He shared his concern about recent developments pertaining to Poland’s security. I underlined that India favors an early end to hostilities and a durable solution for the Ukrai...

September 10, 2025 6:30 PM

Poland downs Russian drones in first time a NATO member has fired during Ukraine war

Poland shot down drones in its airspace on Wednesday with the backing of military aircraft from its NATO allies, the first time a member of the Western military alliance is known to have fired shots during Russia's war in Ukraine. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told parliament it was "the closest we have been to open conflict since World War Two", although he also said he had "no reason to believe we're on the brink of war". Moscow denied responsibility for the incident. European leaders, w...

September 5, 2025 12:41 PM

Putin says any Western troops in Ukraine would be legitimate targets

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that any Western troops deployed to Ukraine would be legitimate targets for Moscow to attack. Putin was speaking a day after French President Emmanuel Macron said 26 countries had pledged to provide postwar security guarantees to Ukraine, including an international force on land, sea and in the air. Russia has long argued that one of its reasons for going to war in Ukraine was to prevent NATO from admitting Kyiv as a member and placing its forces...