2 year agoWest Midlands Police:We are continuing to deal with activists at a site in Tyburn, Birmingham this afternoon. Six people have been arrested on suspicion of unlawful obstruction and taken into police custody. We appreciate the public's patience as we continue to deal with this incident
Britain and its allies have agreed to send air and coastal defence systems, longer-range artillery and counter battery capabilities, armoured vehicles as well as provide wider training and logistical support to Ukraine, British defence minister Ben Wallace said
Defence Secretary @BWallaceMP says long range artillery and armoured vehicles (although not tanks) will be supplied to Ukraine as a result of today's donor conference
British Foreign Secretary: New sanctions target Putin's supporters and promoters
Britain imposed sanctions against "MIA Russia Today"
British Foreign Secretary: We will continue to intensify pressure on Moscow as long as Russian forces are present in Ukraine
Aircraft leasing giant Avolon casts doubt on renting to Russian airlines again after Putin seizes planes
2 year agoIreland is expelling 4 Russian diplomats, according to @simoncoveney
2 year agoOfficers from the U.K. NCA's "combating kleptocracy cell" have detained a £38m superyacht owned by an unnamed Russian businessman in Canary Wharf. The vessel, Phi, is registered to a St Kitts and Nevis company and carried Maltese flags "to hide its origins", NCA said
Johnson: The ceasefire in Ukraine is not enough to lift sanctions on Russia
Russia's Wagner Group "has deployed to eastern Ukraine" per Britain's military intelligence, says @MickSmeathUK. "They are expected to deploy more than 1,000 mercenaries, including senior leaders of the organisation, to undertake combat operations
???? Am told that a Met police announcement could come as early as tonight on first batch of fines being issued over Partygate
Boris Johnson:President @ZelenskyyUa updated me today on the humanitarian situation in Mariupol, as well as the current negotiations with Russia. The UK will continue to step up our efforts to help Ukraine defend itself from aggression
A man has been arrested in connection with a fire at a homeless shelter in Dublin. Six people were injured, one seriously in the blaze at the building on Little Britain Street on Saturday evening. Alternative arrangements are being put in place for users of the shelter
2 year agoIreland: A woman has been arrested and a suspected firearm seized by police investigating a security alert which led to the evacuation of the Irish Foreign Secretary from an event in North Belfast
Britain: Russian forces are trying to encircle the Ukrainian forces in the vicinity of the Donbass region
UK should be doing "much more" to help refugees from Ukraine, says London mayor Khan
2 year agoRally in London today in support of Ukraine
Britain: sending fighters and soldiers to join the NATO air control mission in the Black Sea
2 year agoIrish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney was giving a peace-building speech in Belfast when the building was evacuated due to security alert. Watch the moment Mr Coveney had to leave the podium. Footage courtesy of the John and Pat Hume Foundation
British PM Johnson discusses by phone with the Chinese President developments in Ukraine
The UK NCSC assessed that it was "almost certain" that FSB's Centre 16, also known as "Energetic Bear", "Berserk Bear" and "Crouching Yeti", conducted a "malign programme of cyber activity" targeting critical infrastructure and IT systems in Europe, the Americas, and Asia
Boris Johnson:The UK will provide an additional 6,000 missiles to Ukraine, in addition to the 4,000 NLAW's and Javelin missiles already supplied. Lethal defensive military aid, including Starstreak high-velocity anti-air missiles, will help Ukrainians continue to defend themselves
Polina Kovaleva, the effective stepdaughter of Sergey Lavrov, has now been sanctioned by the UK
Foreign Office is preparing to announce sanctions against 65 more entities and individuals, including Russian billionaire Eugene Shvidler and Galina Danilchenko, who was installed by Moscow as the mayor of Melitopol in southeastern Ukraine
A 16 year old living in his mother's house in Oxford, England is suspected to be the mastermind behind many of the hacks conducted by hacking group Lapsus$, per multiple sources involved in various investigations of the hacking group. Full story to follow
2 year agoBritish Ministry of Defense: We are calling on YouTube to help us support Ukraine by taking down videos doctored by the Russian state and disseminated to try and sap the morale of a people fighting for their freedom
British Defense Ministry: The battles in northern Ukraine are still largely halted
Russia is likely to respond to failures to suppress Ukrainian revolt in occupied cities with increasingly "violent and coercive measures: British Defense Intelligence Russian efforts to manipulate media and install pro-Kremlin puppets have "failed" so far, UK assesses
2 year agoDefence Minister of Ukraine @oleksiireznikov met with British Defence Secretary @BWallaceMP in London today
