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RAF jets have scrambled to intercept Russian aircraft near the UK - days after the Royal Navy followed Kremlin submarines which had entered the English Channel. (Photo: Getty Images)

RAF jets scramble to intercept Russian aircraft near UK

Nigel Farage has made some surprising comments on Vladimir Putin. Credit: Getty/Kim Mogg

Explainer Most admired world leader: everything Nigel Farage has said on Putin

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, was forced to drive from Paris to Brussels for Nato meeting after his Boeing 737 plane suffered “mechanical issues”. (Photo: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Boeing plane carrying US Secretary of State breaks down

Sir Keir Starmer's Labour may struggle to agree a defence deal with the EU. Credit: Mark Hall/Getty/Adobe

Labour 'may struggle to agree' post-Brexit EU security deal

Royal Navy carrier HMS Prince of Wales will arrive at Rotterdam port for a "five-day visit" amid deployment for largest NATO exercise. (Photo: Getty Images)

HMS Prince of Wales to arrive at European port

Russia has been accused on blocking the GPS on an RAF jet carrying Grant Shapps on his trip to Poland following Nato war drills. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Russia blocks GPS on jet carrying UK minister

It's been two years since the start of the war in Ukraine.

Foreign minister calls for UK to bring back conscription

HMS Queen Elizabeth, set to sail from Portsmouth today, will no longer deploy - with her sister carrier Prince of Wales set to take her place. (Photo: Getty Images)

HMS Queen Elizabeth unable to deploy

Soldiers during a military exercise on Salisbury Plains in 2020 (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Are we on the brink of WW3? The places a global conflict could start

RAF Lakenheath previously housed American nuclear missiles following the Cold War.

RAF to house American nuclear warheads

General Sir Patrick Sanders is giving a speech where he is expected to emphasise the need for the Government to “mobilise the nation” in the event of war with Russia. Photo by Getty Images.

Britons warned by army chief they may be called to war

Grant Shapps has announced the UK will be deploying 20,000 troops to NATO Europe. Picture: Leon Neal/PA Wire

UK deploying 20,000 troops to NATO Europe

A Putin ally has called on Russia to bomb Tower Bridge

'Bomb Tower Bridge': Top Putin ally calls for revenge strike on London

The 2023 Nato Summit held in Vilnius, Lithuania, has drawn to a close and Ukraine was the biggest topic on the schedule. (Credit: AFP via Getty Images)

NATO Summit 2023: what did allies announce at annual meeting?

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has joined world leaders at the 2023 NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. (Credit: Getty Images)

Explainer What did UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak say at NATO summit?

Finland has officially been welcomed into the NATO security alliance. (Credit: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Explainer Sweden to join NATO as Turkey agrees to support application

Novak Djokovic celebrates first round win over Aleksandar Kovacevic

What Novak Djokovic said about Kosovo at French Open 2023

The Serbian wrote ‘Kosovo is the heart of Serbia’ on the camera following first-round win

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Serbs have been protesting in Kosovo against elections held in the country last month. (Credit: AFP via Getty Images)

Explainer NATO to send 700 peacekeepers to Kosovo as election protests continue

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, US President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President of France Emmanuel Macron during a ‘quad’ meeting at the G7 summit on June 28, 2022.

Explainer Which countries are in the G7 - and what is its purpose?

Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrate at the AK Party headquarters in Istanbul (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

How runoff elections work - and why we don't have them in the UK

The vessel named ‘Admiral Vladimirsky’ - a Russian research ship - is believed to be involved in the reported espionage. Credit: Mil.ru/Kim Mogg

Explainer What are Russian ghost ships? Putin maps Europe's vulnerabilities

RAF and German Typhoon jets intercepted a Russia aircraft. Credit: Getty

British and German jets intercept a Russian plane near NATO airspace

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gave a press conference as Ukraine marks one year since Russia’s large-scale invasion (Photo by Roman Pilipey/Getty Images).

Ukraine president says victory ‘inevitable’ with partners’ support

Zelensky made his plea once again for fighter jets while meeting with EU lawmakers in Brussels. (Credit: Getty Images)

Kremlin responds as Zelensky continues European quest for jets

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Syrian war explained: did Russia invade - why has there been a war?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses parliamentarians in Westminster Hall, London, during his first visit to the UK since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Credit: PA

Volodymyr Zelensky addresses Parliament in first visit to UK since war

The situation in Ukraine is quickly escalating.

Russia and Ukraine’s military might explained in 7 key charts

Germany is set to send 31 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine after stalling on a decision to equip the country. (Credit: Getty Images)

Explainer How Leopard 2 tanks stack up as Germany commits to supporting Ukraine

Germany is set to send reinforcements to Ukraine, as well as allowing German-built tanks to be sent to Ukraine from other countries, after pressure from NATO nations

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US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin was among Western officials to meet in Germany as they discussed support for Ukraine. (Credit: Getty Images)

No commitment to more tanks for Ukraine from Western allies in Germany

A Brimstone missile being prepared for deployment to Syria at RAF Marham in Norfolk in 2015 (Photo: PHILIP COBURN/AFP via Getty Images)

How many Brimstone missiles is the UK sending to Ukraine - and cost

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (R) welcomes Aleksandar Vučić (L) during a meeting in 2014 (Photo: MAXIM SHIPENKOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia’s Wagner Group accused of drafting volunteer troops in Serbia

Italian soldiers serving in a NATO-led international peacekeeping mission in Kosovo patrol near a road barricaded with trucks by Serbs in the village of Rudare (AFP via Getty Images)

Serbian troops on Kosovo border in state of ‘combat readiness’

Missile that hit Poland ‘unlikely’ to have been Russian, Biden says

A screengrab from video footage reportedly showing the damage caused by the missile strike at Przewodów

Polish missile strike likely ‘accident’ from Ukraine air defence

US President Joe Biden (C), Britain Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Japan Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Netherlands’ Prime Minister Mark Rutte gather to hold an “emergency” meeting to discuss a missile strike on Polish territory near the border with Ukraine, on the side line of the G20 leaders’ summit in Nusa Dua, on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on November 16, 2022 (AFP via Getty Images)

NATO Articles 4 and 5 explained - will they be invoked?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reiterated Ukraine’s intent to join NATO (Credit: Getty)

Ukraine’s stance on possible Nato membership explained

Protests against Vladimir Putin’s partial militarisation have been held in cities across Russia. (Credit: Getty Images)

Protests held in Russia over Putin’s mobilisation plan

A Ukrainian soldier in the recently recaptured Kharkiv region (image: AFP/Getty Images)

Russia-Ukraine war: how big are the Ukrainian and Russian armies?

Tuesday’s (5 July) signing-off brings both nations deeper into NATO's fold (Pic: JOHANNA GERON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

30 NATO allies sign accession protocols for Sweden and Finland

Russia has launched missile strikes against Kyiv for the first time in weeks

Russia launches missiles at Ukraine capital Kyiv as G7 Summit begins

View from Lithuania side towards Kaliningrad in April 2022 (Pic: Getty Images)

Kaliningrad blockade: why has Lithuania banned goods to Russian city?

Millions of UK homes could see their electricity rationed this winter (Photo: Getty Images)

Millions of homes face power cuts and rationed electricity this winter

Turkey threatens to block Finland and Sweden joining NATO

Applications from Finland and Sweden to join Nato (Pic: JOHANNA GERON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Can a country be kicked out of NATO? Legal process explained

Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has confirmed the country will apply for NATO membership. (Credit: Getty Images)

Turkey objects as Sweden and Finland seek NATO membership

Viktor Orban and Vladimir Putin have close ties (image: AFP/Getty Images)

Is Hungary pro-Russia? Country’s position on EU, NATO and Ukraine

A US Marine tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft, similar to the one that crashed in Norway. (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images)

Four dead after US military plane crashes during Nato exercise

Who is a member of NATO? (image: AFP/Getty Images)

Who’s in NATO? Why can’t Ukraine join amid invasion by Russian army

We speak to an expert about how the conflict in Ukraine could play out. (Credit: Getty Images)

How could the war in Ukraine play out?

US rejects Poland’s plan to send MIG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine

No-fly zones explained - and why NATO is refusing one over Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin and Russia have been subject to sanctions from the UK, US and EU. (Credit: Getty)

Are the ‘largest and most severe’ sanctions against Russia working?

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Why Russia has invaded Ukraine - Putin’s actions and war explained

President Maia Sandu (left) oversees a country which is providing aid to Ukrainian refugees (Photos: Getty Images)

Is Moldova a Nato member? Role in Russia-Ukraine refugee crisis

Belarus has previously alighten itself with Russia - but where does it stand now as Russia invades Ukraine?

Relationship between Belarus and Russia explained

Where is Ukraine located and what is the population of the country? (Credit: Adobe)

Where is Ukraine? Map of Europe and proximity to Russia

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Will the UK go to war with Russia? Conflict and WW3 fears explained