British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is 22 per cent ahead of ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak in the race for British Prime Minister. On Saturday, August 13, reports Reuters with reference to the results of a survey of members of the Conservative Party, conducted by Opinium.A poll of 450 party members who decided how they would vote in...
The Netherlands has joined the training program for the Ukrainian military in the UK. This was announced by Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov on Twitter on Friday, August 12. “The Netherlands has joined the British Armed Forces training program. The Dutch personnel will begin their mission in August. The more well-trained fighters we have,...
Norwegian Defense Minister Bern Arild Gramm said that the country would join the UK military training program for Ukrainian troops. It is reported by NRK. "Ukrainian forces are in dire need of additional training and education. Norway is positive about the British initiative to train Ukrainian soldiers in the UK. We will participate with in...
The UK has filed an application to participate in the Ukraine v. Russian Federation case on genocide charges, which will soon be considered by the International Court of Justice in The Hague. This is stated on the website of the court. The country has the right to intervene because it is a party to the Convention. The application states that, accor...
The British authorities intend to transfer three more M270 MLRS rocket launchers (similar to HIMARS) and missiles for them to Ukraine. The BBC was informed about this by the head of the Ministry of Defense of the country, Ben Wallace. Speaking at an international conference on aid to Ukraine in Copenhagen, the head of the British Ministry of De...
Instructors from Denmark will arrive in the UK to train the Ukrainian military. Ukrainians will also undergo training on Danish territory, writes The Guardian. "Denmark will soon send 130 military instructors to participate in the British training project," said Danish Defense Minister Morten Bodskov in an interview with Jyllands-Posten....
In the EU, from midnight on August 10, a complete ban on the import of Russian coal came into force. The corresponding decision was announced in April as part of the 4th package of sanctions adopted due to the war in Ukraine. According to the European Commission, the embargo will affect 25% of all Russian coal exports worth €8 billion a year. Also....
Today, August 6, the British Ministry of Defense posted a message on Twitter that Russia is concentrating the main forces in southern Ukraine in anticipation of a counteroffensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine or in preparation for a possible offensive.Russia's war with Ukraine is about to enter a new phase, with the fiercest fighting shifting...
The world continues to fight Russian propaganda. The Twitter administration has blocked the accounts of RIA Novosti and Prime Economic Information Agency in the UK and 27 EU countries. When you try to access the page in these countries, an alert appears: "Access to the account is closed."Access to the accounts of two propaganda agencies bes...
On August 1, new rules came into force in the UK governing the operation of a special registry of foreign legal entities, designed to identify corrupt oligarchs and elites who are trying to hide property in the UK, acquired illegally. From now on, any foreign company wishing to purchase property in the UK will have to identify its beneficial ow...
After the adoption of the sixth package of sanctions against Russia, British and European officials agreed to coordinate their actions, the British side promised to synchronize their bans with European ones, but so far this has not happened. In addition, after a grain deal with the Kremlin, in which the first ships on Monday began to leave the...
Outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson is being considered for the post of NATO Secretary General, writes the authoritative British edition of The Telegraph. Johnson's nomination as a candidate for the post of Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance is supported by members of the Defense Committee Richard Drax and Mark Francois, as well...
As reported today, July 24, by the British Ministry of Defense on its Twitter page, "the expansion of the geography" of Russia's war against Ukraine, as stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, is not happening.It is noted that now the small offensives of the invaders in the Donbass remain concentrated in the Bakhmut direction, but achie.....
According to a YouGov poll among 730 members of the Conservative Party, in the race for this post of British Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is ahead of her rival, former Treasury Secretary Rishi Sunak: 62% versus 38%. The decisive word for almost 200 thousand members of the Conservative Party, who in the last round of voting by mail wi...
The court in London took pity on the co-founder of Alfa-Bank, billionaire Pyotr Aven and allowed him to spend money from frozen accounts, now he can finally hire a cleaner. Bloomberg writes about this, citing a court order and sources. Aven came under British sanctions at the end of February, immediately after the start of the war in Ukrain...
