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7 May 2024, 12:43 BSTUpdated 42 minutes agoImage source, Telegram/SBUImage caption, Ukraine said it arrested two Ukrainian officials who worked with the Russian security servicesThe Ukrainian security service (SBU) says it has foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky and other high-ranking Ukrainian officials.Two…

Image caption, Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, arrived in France on Sunday for a state visit Article informationAuthor, Laura BickerRole, China correspondent 2 hours agoXi Jinping has hailed "new vistas" in China's relationship with France on his first trip to Europe in five years - one that feels much like a charm offensive. Mr Xi will…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the War in UkrainemyFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox.Ukraine will look to mount a new counteroffensive in 2025 after receiving a $61bn infusion of US military aid to help it stop Russia from making additional gains this year, Jake Sullivan, the US national security adviser said.…

Germany will supply Kyiv with half a dozen radar systems to bolster Ukraine's air defense capabilities which face repeated barrages of Russian drone and missile attacks.Moscow has continued to bombard Ukraine's cities with drones and missiles, often targeting civilian infrastructure such as energy facilities.Ukraine's Air Forces said its air…

Last Sunday, as Russia put pressure on Ukrainian forces across a 600-mile front line, Ukraine received a shipment of anti-armor rockets, missiles and badly needed 155-millimeter artillery shells. It was the first installment from the $61 billion in military aid that President Biden approved just four days earlier.A second batch of those weapons…

Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Ukrainian servicemen fire an artillery in the direction of Siversk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on April 01, 2024. Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images An American veteran who fought in Ukraine said the US "kind of forgot what it means to actually fight a war."He…

Defence minister says Russia needs to boost volume, speed of production as US sends military aid to Ukraine.Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has ordered an increase in weapons production for the war in Ukraine, his ministry said, days after the United States approved a delayed multibillion-dollar military aid package for the Ukrainian…

After months of delay amid a worsening strategic situation, the long-awaited U.S. military aid is on its way to Kyiv.   To survive, Ukraine must use that aid wisely.  By a vote of 311 to 112, the House of Representatives passed a $95 billion aid bill containing $61 billion for Ukraine. The Senate passed it by a…

KYIV — As officials in Washington said $61 billion in desperately needed aid would begin flowing to Ukraine’s military, officials and activists in the Ukrainian capital credited an effort by a coalition of political and civil society actors — all united by the fear that Ukraine could be defeated in its existential battle against Russia.American,…

Ukrainian forces have reportedly struck Russian air-defense systems in the occupied Crimean peninsula.Reports from X, formerly Twitter, indicate that Ukraine struck Russian air defenses with tactical ballistic missiles in Cape Tarkhankut, the western tip of Crimea. X account War Translate posted a screen shot of messages from "Russian channels"…