Volodymyr Zelenskiy appeals to Russian people to help prevent war after request from separatist leaders sets stage for Putin to order troops over border Ukraine crisis: live updates Ukraine’s president has made a desperate appeal to the Russian people asking them to “listen to the voice of reason” and stop […]
Month: February 2022
List of names, to be confirmed later on Wednesday, goes beyond UK and US response Ukraine crisis: live updates Russia’s defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, the commanders-in-chief of the Russian air force and Black Sea fleet, leading state “propagandists” and 351 Duma deputies are expected to be identified in EU sanctions […]
Analysis: country has positioned itself to blunt western sanctions and has a few retaliatory ones of its own Ukraine crisis: live updates Be ready for a long haul. That was the subtext of Boris Johnson’s message to MPs as he committed to toughening up sanctions against Russia. The warning to […]
Community leaders say some military veterans have already decided to return home in response to Russian incursion Ukraine crisis: live updates A small but growing number of Ukrainians living in Britain are making plans to go back to their homeland to fight the Russian army if its invasion of the […]
Change will see many paying for their degree until retirement in what has been called a ‘lifelong graduate tax’ Students in England will have to pay back university loans over 40 years instead of 30 under swingeing reforms designed to save the Treasury tens of billions of pounds. The number […]
Biden denounces Putin’s recognising Donetsk and Luhansk as ‘so-called countries’ and unveils new sanctions Ukraine crisis – live updates Vladimir Putin has said that Russia will support the territorial claims of its proxy states in east Ukraine, dramatically increasing the likelihood of a larger war in the near future in […]
US and UK curbs on Russian banks and oligarchs are welcomed by Ukraine as strong ‘first move’; Zelenskiy rules out a general mobilisation Ukraine’s president calls up reservists as Russian moves troops in Why holding back could be part of Biden’s strategy Likelihood of war escalates as Putin vows to […]
The president has threatened tougher steps for further provocation, preserving the potency of sanctions as a deterrent Numerologists will be fascinated that Joe Biden began his Ukraine speech on Tuesday at 2.22pm on 22.2.22. The US president, however, was more concerned with his own calculation of the economic and political […]
Putin has sent soldiers on a ‘peacekeeping mission’ but is likely to threaten Ukraine with a broader war Ukraine crisis – live updates UK politics – live updates The Russian president has recognised the independence of two Russian-controlled territories in east Ukraine. They call themselves the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s […]
Alison Thewliss said plan for APPG sponsored by alcohol firms shows need for transparency An MP rejected an approach from a lobbyist group who told her it planned to set up an all party parliamentary group for the night-time economy, which was to be sponsored by alcohol firms. Alison Thewliss […]