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
British Defense Ministry: summoned the Russian military attache for the second time due to the invasion of Ukraine and the behavior of Russian forces
2 year agoUSAF B52´s out of RAF Fairford
2 year agoIn Trafalgar Square, London, UK, several thousand people are at a protest rally in support of Ukraine
Maher Maaroufe, 22, has been arrested on suspicion of murder by police investigating the death of Sabita Thanwani, 19, at student accommodation in Clerkenwell, central London, Scotland Yard said
British Foreign Office: We doubt Russia's seriousness in talks with Ukraine, and Putin is using time to regroup his forces
British Defense Secretary: We will not stop supplying Ukraine with weapons and the security of NATO's eastern flank should be strengthened
British Defense Secretary: We sent soldiers to Poland to help on the border with Ukraine
Peace talks to end Ukraine conflict could be a "smokescreen" for more extreme Russian military manoeuvres, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warned Saturday
British Home Secretary: We are absolutely determined to thwart Putin and will always defend freedom and the founding values of our way of life
Downing Street says Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this morning and "reiterated his disgust at Russia's barbaric actions in Ukraine and his admiration for the steadfast resistance of the Ukrainian people in the face of tyranny"
