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Russia could calculate that it could use a nuke without Western response

Putin 'prepared to use nuke' against UK and Nato 'because he believes West would be too scared to respond'

Military spending needs to increase, Tobias Ellwood has warned.

Military spending needs to increase if Britain is to step up to growing foreign threats, warns Tory MP Tobias Ellwood

The British army is 'too small', US generals have warned

Ministers urged to 'get a grip' on the army as troop numbers fall, with NATO warning of war with Russia within 20 years

NATO countries face an all-our war with Russia within the next 20 years

NATO urges civilians in the West to prepare for all-out war with Russia within 20 years

Fish and chips could be under threat

'Weaponising food': Britains' fish and chips 'under threat from Russia' as Putin considers tearing up decades-old deal

Kelin spoke to Andrew Marr about Russia's bloody invasion of Ukraine

Sunak's new defence agreement with Ukraine 'controversial because it doesn't help Russia', Moscow's ambassador says

Germany's concerns over an all-out war are justified, the US Army's former European commander has warned.

Putin will only trigger World War Three if he feels Nato are unprepared, ex-commander of US forces in Europe warns

Leaked documents show a hypothetical scenario for Russia and Nato facing off against each other

Cyber attacks, riots and lies: Leaked documents show step-by-step plan for how Putin could trigger World War Three

Russian officials have accused Ukrainian forces of shelling the Russian border city of Belgorod

Russia vows to retaliate after accusing Ukraine of launching missile and drone attacks

Putin is furious at the loss of another ship in the Black Sea

Furious Putin 'orders Crimea commanders to the frontline' as punishment for humiliating sinking of Black Sea ship

The strike on the landing ship Novocherkassk has been confirmed by both Russia and Ukraine

Russian navy ship 'destroyed' off Crimea, as Britain claims 20% of Kremlin's Black Sea fleet knocked out

The strike on the landing ship Novocherkassk has been confirmed by both Russia and Ukraine

Russian navy ship 'destroyed' in Black Sea off Crimea, Kremlin confirms, as 'two Ukrainian fighter jets destroyed'

Alexei Navalny has not been seen in six days

Vladimir Putin's main political rival Alexei Navalny 'disappears from prison'

A Sandown-class minehunter

UK transfers two minehunter ships to Ukraine to counter Russian blockade and open up Black Sea trade routes

British politicians and civil society have been targeted by Russia

Russian spies accused of sustained campaign to hack phones and emails of UK politicians and journalists

Illia Kyva

Ukrainian 'traitor' ex-MP assassinated in Russia after he called for Putin to use weapons of mass destruction

Jacek Siewiera, the chief of Poland's National Security Bureau, said Nato has three years to prepare for Russian attack

Nato has three years to prepare for a Russian attack, Poland warns as fears grow over another Putin offensive

The mayor of Kyiv has claimed president Zelenskyy is becoming increasingly autocratic.

‘Zelenskyy is becoming an autocrat’ Kyiv mayor Klitschko says, as he warns Ukraine will soon be 'no different to Russia'