UK responds to Putin’s plans to ‘escalate war’ in Ukraine
‘The threats we face are getting closer to home’ UK’s Ministry of Defence has responded amid reports that there are fears Putin will mobilise more troops and increase hybrid attacks on NATO. Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said that “the threats we face are not only evolving, they are getting closer to home.” “Every day, the […]
1 week ago
Iceland EU referendum: The vote on Europe that could be decided by fish
The fishing industry might now answer to Brussels In Iceland, inside a waterfront factory, workers in hairnets and blue overalls sort freshly caught cod and haddock while machines turn them into fillets, most of them bound for Europe. However, Pétur Pálsson, who runs the Vísir fishing company, does not want the European Union anywhere near […]
1 month ago
Russia accused again of incursion by NATO member
Countries see these incursions as ‘provocations’ Russia has been accused on Friday by a NATO member of an incursion into its airspace, as the country has continued its attacks on Ukraine. Just a day earlier, the defence ministry of another NATO member, Romania, said that its radar system detected a group of aerial targets near […]
1 month ago
NATO scrambles fighter jets following Russian attack amid new fears of a wider conflict
The drone crashed in a NATO country After a drone entered the airspace of Romania and following a wave of brutal overnight strikes on Ukraine, NATO scrambled fighter jets, as revealed by Romania’s defence ministry. The ministry of the NATO member nation said that its radar system detected a group of aerial targets near the […]
1 month ago
Russian missile left crater deep inside Poland, says PM Tusk
Tusk has spoken on Russian assaults A Russian missile probably caused a 10m-wide (33ft) crater deep inside Poland in the early hours of Thursday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said. The object crashed into a field near the village of Tarnawa Kolonia, some 92km (57 miles) from the border with Ukraine, the BBC reported, during […]
2 months ago
‘Russian missile’ hits NATO territory as fighter jets scrambled
The unidentified object caused a 10m-wide crater a short distance from Lublin Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, announced that Poland was struck by an unidentified object in Poland’s eastern provinces. The blast caused a 10 meter-wide (33 feet) crater, around 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the Ukrainian border. Tusk said: “All the indications are that […]
2 months ago